Roleset sort.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "put into order":

Roles:

Arg0:sorter


Arg1:thing being sorted


Arg2:order, criterion

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


all args (-)
The new machines are capable of *trace* sorting by zip code up to 10,000 large flat mail pieces, including magazines and parcels, an hour.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The new machines
REL:	sorting
Arg2-by:	zip code
Arg1:	up to 10,000 large flat mail pieces, including magazines and parcels, an hour

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


sort through (-)
Most companies still are trying *trace* to sort through the wreckage caused by Hurricane Hugo in the Carolinas last month.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Most companies
REL:	sort
Arg1-through:	the wreckage caused by Hurricane Hugo in the Carolinas last month

Sort through should perhaps be a separate roleset, since I don't think it can take an arg2.

Roleset sort.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "make sense of, distinguish":

Roles:

Arg0:entity trying to understand


Arg1:subject of confusion


Arg2:in distinction to

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


make sense of (-)
That process of *trace* sorting out specifics is likely to take time, the Japanese say, no matter how badly the U.S. wants quick results.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	[ sorting] [ out]
Arg1:	specifics

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


this from that (-)
Without a microscope and a subpoena, it's often hard *trace* to sort out worthwhile causes from ripoffs if all you've got to go on is the solicitation itself.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	[ sort] [ out]
Arg1:	worthwhile causes
Arg2-from:	ripoffs

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


this and that merged (-)
``All these interconnected computers make it difficult *trace* to sort out what's junk and what's important,'' says Chuck Digate, a former Lotus Development executive who has started a new company to cope with the problem.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	[ sort] [ out]
Arg1:	what's junk and what's important