Roleset square.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "set to rights, arrange properly":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of rightness, agent


Arg1:thing being set to rights

Examples:

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


deplorable grammar (-)
They said contributing to the downward drift was the fact that many professional traders had chosen *trace* to square positions ahead of the weekend.
Arg0:	*trace* -> many professional traders
REL:	square
Arg1:	positions
ArgM-TMP:	ahead of the weekend

Roleset square.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "mathematics":

Roles:

Arg0:mathematician


Arg1:number


Arg2:result

Examples:

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


failing grade (-)
John squared three to ten.
Arg0:	John
REL:	squared
Arg1:	three
Arg2-to:	ten

I actually doubt the result argument would ever occur. That sounds really odd to me.

Roleset square.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "compete":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:competitor


Arg2:opponent


Arg3:prize

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle
Here causal agent and first competitor are merged.

active (-)
Not only are Japan's financial institutions putting their enormous clot to work; increasingly they're squaring off against one another in unprecedented public fashion.
Argm-TMP:	increasingly
Arg0:	they
REL:	squaring off
Arg2-against:	one another
Argm-MNR:	in unprecedented public fashion

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


(pseudo?)passive (-)
The restyled 300ZX costs as much as $33,000 and is squared off against the Porsche 944, which begins at $41,900.
Arg1:	The restyled 300ZX
REL:	squared off
Arg2-against:	the Porsche 944, which begins at $41,900