Roleset ship.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "send a package":

Roles:

Arg0:sender


Arg1:package


Arg2:recipient


Arg3:source

Examples:

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


nice easy transitive (-)
World sugar futures prices soared on rumors that Brazil, a major grower and exporter, might not ship sugar this crop year and next.
Arg0:	Brazil, a major grower and exporter,
ArgM-MOD:	might
ArgM-NEG:	not
REL:	ship
Arg1:	sugar
ArgM-TMP:	this crop year and next

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


with destination (-)
Although much of this country's export corn goes to New Orleans by barge, it is possible for exporters to sidestep the Mississippi River by *trace* shipping a larger-than-normal amount of corn by train to the port.
Arg0:	*trace* -> exporters
REL:	shipping
Arg1:	a larger-than-normal amount of corn
ArgM-MNR:	by train
Arg2-to:	the port

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


with source (-)
Their museum had purchased an Attic black-figured column krater and shipped it from London.
Arg0:	Their museum
REL:	shipped
Arg1:	it
Arg3-from:	London

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


oddly intransitive (-)
I'm going *trace* to ship and hope I get paid.
Arg0:	*trace* -> I
REL:	ship

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


passive (-)
Profit per ton of steel shipped *trace* dropped to about $33 a ton from $42 a ton last year and $53 a ton in the second quarter, analysts said.
REL:	shipped
Arg1:	*trace* -> ton

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


ergative! (-)
The first models will ship in the spring, with the largest following in the fall.
Arg1:	The first models
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	ship
ArgM-TMP:	in the spring
ArgM-ADV:	with the largest following in the fall

Roleset ship.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "depart, as a soldier":

Roles:

Arg1:soldier


Arg2:destination

Examples:

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


bummer (-)
John ships out to Afghanistan next week.
Arg1:	John
REL:	ships out
Arg2-to:	Afghanistan
Argm-TMP:	next week