Roleset resume.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "begin again":

Roles:

Arg0:Agent


Arg1:Theme(-Creation)


Arg2:Instrument

Examples:

nice simple transitive (-)
Analysts said Mr. Stronach wants *trace* to resume a more influential role in running the company.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Mr. Stronach
REL:	resume
Arg1:	a more influential role in running the company




ergative (-)
He said construction wouldn't resume until market conditions warrant it.
Arg1:	construction
ArgM-MOD:	would
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	resume
ArgM-TMP:	until market conditions warrant it




aspectual (-)
The news told them it would be a while longer before UAL resumed *trace* trading like a regular airline stock after months of gyrations.
REL:	resumed
Arg1:	[UAL][*trace* trading like a regular airline stock]

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Here the subject is clearly volitional and deserving of Agent status; the same is not true of UAL in the previous example.

aspectual with agent (-)
After the restructuring of Waertsilae Marine and bolstered by state loan guarantees, two big bank creditors, Union Bank of Finland and state-controlled Postipankki, resumed [*-2] lending the shipyard working capital.
Argm-TMP:	After the restructuring of Waertsilae Marine
Argm-ADV:	bolstered by state loan guarantees
Arg0:	two big bank creditors, Union Bank of Finland and state-controlled Postipankki
REL:	resumed
Arg1:	[*-2] lending the shipyard working capital




If an instrument appears, it'll look like this (-)
John resumed his argument by mocking his opponent's mother.
Arg0:	John
REL:	resumed
Arg1:	his argument
Arg2-by:	mocking his opponent's mother