Roleset knit.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "create by knotting yarn together":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state


Arg4:end state or attribute of arg1

Examples:

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


with end state, sorta (-)
The flow of Japanese funds has set in motion ``a process whereby these economies will be knitted *trace* together by the great Japanese investment machine,'' says Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International Corp.
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	knitted
Arg1:	*trace* -> these economies
Arg4:	together
Arg0-by:	the great Japanese investment machine
ArgM-MNR:	*trace* -> whereby -> a process

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


just transitive (-)
With one she is pregnant, with Major Battle she is knitting an American flag, and as the vice president's wife she rushes in with white hair, wearing a tailored suit and pearls, imitating Barbara Bush's gestures down to the last detail.
ArgM:	with Major Battle
Arg0:	she
REL:	knitting
Arg1:	an American flag

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with material (-)
John knit a sweater out the hair he lost in the shower each morning.
Arg0:	John
REL:	knit
Arg1:	a sweater
Arg2-out:	of the hair he lost in the shower each morning

Roleset knit.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "bones mending a break":

Roles:

Arg1:bones

Examples:

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


ouch (-)
John's armbones took only a week *trace* to knit after he fell from the roof.
Arg1:	*trace* -> John's armbones
REL:	knit
Argm-TMP:	after he fell from the roof