Roleset occupy.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "be in a certain place":

Roles:

Arg0:occupier


Arg1:occupied


Arg2:secondary predication on arg1

Examples:

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


straightforward (-)
In addition to the new mainframe hardware and software, IBM announced a magnetic-tape system for data storage that it said *trace* occupies half as much floor space as older systems but can store five times as much data on a single cartridge.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a magnetic-tape system
REL:	occupies
Arg1:	half as much floor space as older systems

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: ns form: full


botched syntax (-)
Mattel has purchased a new headquarters building in El Segundo, Calif., which it will occupy by the end of next year.
Arg1:	which -> a new headquarters building
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	occupy
ArgM-TMP:	by the end of next year

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


with secondary predication (-)
John occupies himself every day by creating sentient life forms from Play-Doh.
Arg0:	John
REL:	occupies
Arg1-REC:	himself
Argm-TMP:	every day
Arg2-by:	creating sentient life forms from Play-Doh