Roleset hammer.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "put a nail into wood (eg)":

Roles:

Arg0:hammerer


Arg1:nail


Arg2:wood

Examples:

semi-literal movement (-)
Moreover, the amended pact shows how McCaw's persistence has hammered LIN and BellSouth into a corner, forcing huge debt on the proposed new company.
Arg0:	McCaw 's persistence
REL:	hammered
Arg1:	LIN and BellSouth
Arg2-into:	a corner
ArgM-ADV:	forcing huge debt on the proposed new company

Roleset hammer.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit with a hammer":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument, hammer

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passivized instrumental subject (-)
Bethlehem Steel Corp., hammered [*] by higher costs and lower shipments to key automotive and service-center customers, posted a 54% drop in third-quarter profit.
REL:	hammered
Arg1:	[*] -> Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Arg2-by:	higher costs and lower shipments to key automotive and service-center customers




instrumental subject (-)
Sentiment was helped by the small gain made by New York stocks Wednesday despite anxiety over possible effects of the major earthquake that *trace* hammered northern California Tuesday.
Arg2:	*trace* -> that -> the major earthquake
REL:	hammered
Arg1:	northern California
ArgM-TMP:	Tuesday




duck duck goose (-)
Mary hammered John on the head with a 2x4.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	hammered
Arg1:	John
Argm-LOC:	on the head
Arg2-with:	a 2x4

Roleset hammer.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "use a hammer to put something into a particular shape":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:end state

Examples:

with end-result (-)
John hammered the footnotes into a strong argument.
Arg0:	John
REL:	hammered
Arg2:	the footnotes
Arg1-into:	into a strong argument

Roleset hammer.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "arrange":

Roles:

Arg0:arranger


Arg1:scheme


Arg2:collaborator

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


merged cocollaborator (-)
Investment bankers representing the buy-out group and UAL's board spent a frantic weekend [*] trying [*-2] to hammer out new terms that [*T*-1] would be more acceptable to the banks.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*] -> Investment bankers representing the buy-out group and UAL 's board
REL:	[ hammer] [ out]
Arg1:	new terms that [*T*-1] would be more acceptable to the banks