Roleset short.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "sell stocks short":

Roles:

Arg0:stock broker


Arg1:stocks

Examples:

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


wsj-ese strikes again! (-)
For example, an investor may seek [*-1] to profit during some takeover situations by [*-2] buying stock in one company involved and shorting the stock of the other.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*-1] -> an investor
REL:	shorting
Arg1:	the stock of the other

Roleset short.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "short-circuit":

Roles:

Arg0:electrician


Arg1:circuit, electrical appliance

Examples:

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


usually ergative (-)
When the swaying of the building woke me up, I reasoned that a) I was in Southern California; b) the bed was moving; c) it must be a Magic Fingers bed that [*T*-1] had shorted.
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> that -> a Magic Fingers bed
REL:	shorted

Roleset short.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "short change":

Roles:

Arg0:giver of change


Arg1:receiver of change


Arg2:explicit mention of change

Examples:

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


poor John (-)
The clerk at Wawa shorted John of $58.13.
Arg0:	The clerk at Wawa
REL:	shorted
Arg1:	John
Arg2-of:	$58.13

Not restricted to money; can be used anytime someone doesn't receive everything they "should" be getting.