Roleset line.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "provide a lining, accompany in line-like fashion":

Roles:

Arg0:agent only!


Arg1:thing lined


Arg2:instrument, lining proper

Examples:

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


unstated lining (-)
How many government programs and policies exist because they line the pockets of political insiders?
Arg0:	they
REL:	line
Arg1:	the pockets of political insiders

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


Enron stocks? (-)
Wall Street is just about ready *trace* to line the bird cage with paper stocks.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Wall Street
REL:	line
Arg1:	the bird cage
Arg2-with:	paper stocks

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


stand in lines (-)
Telephone poles lined the road .
Arg2:	Telephone poles
REL:	lined
Arg1:	the road

Roleset line.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "puts lines on":

Roles:

Arg0:putter of lines


Arg1:thing with lines

Examples:

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


adjectival (-)
He looked at the lined face with vague interest ; ; he felt [0] he was noting it , as if it were something [0] he might think about [*T*-1] when he grew stronger [*T*-2] .
REL:	lined
Arg1:	face

Probably will only occur in lined faces and lined paper.

Roleset line.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "stand in line":

Roles:

Arg0:causative agent


Arg1:things in a line

Examples:

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


ergative (-)
At a recent trade show, convention-goers lined up to view a new Specialized bike frame that weighs just 2.7 pounds -- a pound less than the lightest mountain-bike frame on the market.
ArgM-LOC:	At a recent trade show
Arg1:	convention-goers
REL:	[ lined] [ up]
ArgM-PNC:	to view a new Specialized bike frame that weighs just 2.7 pounds -- a pound less than the lightest mountain-bike frame on the market

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


agentive (-)
And, in addition to a crack team of sailors, Mr. Isler has lined up some real brass to help him finance the syndicate.
ArgM-DIS:	And
ArgM:	in addition to a crack team of sailors
Arg0:	Mr. Isler
REL:	[ lined] [ up]
Arg1:	some real brass
ArgM-PNC:	to help him finance the syndicate

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: full


passivized (-)
U.S. buyers have already been lined *trace* up.
ArgM-TMP:	already
REL:	[ lined] [ up]
Arg1:	*trace* -> U.S. buyers

In the agentive and passive 'line up' acquires the sense of 'arrange'.