Roleset shine.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "produce light":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of illumination, agent


Arg1:light itself


Arg2:thing illuminated

Examples:

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


agentive (-)
Currently, chips are produced by *trace* shining light through a mask to produce an image on the chip, much as a camera produces an image on film.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	shining
Arg1:	light
ArgM-DIR:	through a mask
ArgM-PNC:	to produce an image on the chip, much as a camera produces an image on film

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


ergative (-)
Rising in the firm, he became powerful and bland, though his new wife, Susan, made him shine in the gossip columns with her profligate spending habits and flamboyant frocks.
Arg1:	him
REL:	shine
ArgM-LOC:	in the gossip columns
ArgM-MNR:	with her profligate spending habits and flamboyant frocks

The canonical ergative example would be "the sun shines".

Roleset shine.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "be very apparent":

Roles:

Arg1:apparent thing

Examples:

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


a particular kind of direction (-)
But while the merits of diversification shine through when times are tough, there's also a price to pay: A diversified portfolio always underperforms an undiversified portfolio during those times when the investment in the undiversified portfolio is truly hot.
Arg1:	the merits of diversification
REL:	shine through
ArgM-TMP:	when times are tough