Roleset pump.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "fill":

Roles:

Arg0:pumper


Arg1:container


Arg2:liquid

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Osamu Nagayama, deputy president of Chugai, which spends about 15% of its sales on research and development, was unable to pinpoint how much money Chugai would pump *trace* into Gen-Probe.
Arg0:	Chugai
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	pump
Arg2:	*trace* -> how much money
Arg1-into:	Gen-Probe

Roleset pump.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "move up and down":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of movement


Arg1:thing moving up and down

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Styka sat beside him and pumped his hand excitedly .
Arg0:	Styka
REL:	pumped
Arg1:	his hand
ArgM-MNR:	excitedly

Roleset pump.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "increase":

Roles:

Arg0:pumper


Arg1:thing increased

Examples:

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


Hans und Franz (-)
The SEC has alleged that Mr. Antar aimed *trace* to pump up the company's stock price through false financial statements in order to sell his stake and reap huge profits.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Mr. Antar
REL:	[ pump] [ up]
Arg1:	the company's stock price
ArgM-MNR:	through false financial statements
ArgM-PNC:	in order to sell his stake and reap huge profits

Might take additional arguments (EXT, start point, end point), as per 'increase', but we'll wait and see.

Roleset pump.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "drain":

Roles:

Arg0:pumper


Arg1:thing drained


Arg2:liquid


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


poor John (-)
John pumped out his basement apartment with a handpump.
Arg0:	John
REL:	pumped out
Arg1:	his basement apartment
Arg3-with:	a handpump