Roleset lean.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to incline or cause to incline":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of leaning


Arg1:entity leaning, if non-volitional


Arg2:direction

Examples:

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


agentive (-)
I had [*-3] to reach back to French 101 when the monsieur avec clipboard leaned over my shoulder during the coffee phase of dinner and asked whether I wanted [*-2] to ride in a montgolfiere [*T*-1] .
Arg0:	the monsieur avec clipboard
REL:	leaned
Arg2-over:	my shoulder
ArgM-TMP:	during the coffee phase of dinner

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive with Arg1 (-)
The remainder of the house leans precariously against a sturdy oak tree .
Arg1:	The remainder of the house
REL:	leans
ArgM-MNR:	precariously
Arg2-against:	a sturdy oak tree

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


lean against (-)
`` Country people breed pigs , '' says [*T*-1] Mr. Chojnowski , [*-2] leaning against the back of his truck .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Mr. Chojnowski
REL:	leaning
Arg2-against:	the back of his truck

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


lean to (-)
The 45-year-old Mr. Giuliani has run a negative campaign [*-1] to pick up votes leaning to Mr. Dinkins .
Arg1:	votes
REL:	leaning
Arg2-to:	Mr. Dinkins

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


lean toward (-)
Many economists see even slower GNP growth for the remainder of the year , with some leaning more strongly toward a possible recession .
Arg0:	some
REL:	leaning
ArgM-MNR:	more strongly
Arg2-toward:	a possible recession

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


non-prepositional Arg2 (-)
If these assumptions hold , voters in races for Congress face what [*T*-2] in economic theory is called [*-1] a prisoner 's dilemma and have an incentive [*ICH*-3] , at the margin , [*] to lean Democratic .
Arg0:	[*] -> voters in races for Congress
REL:	lean
Arg2:	Democratic

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


lean forward (-)
Customers lean forward , rest their knees on side supports and bury their face in padding on the back of the chair .
Arg0:	Customers
REL:	lean
Arg2-DIR:	forward

Example with all arguments from Wordnet: "He leaned his rifle against the wall"