Roleset structure.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "arrange in a particular fashion":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, structurer


Arg1:thing structured, arranged


Arg2:how or as

Examples:

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


as manner (-)
Jaguar and GM hope to win Jaguar shareholders' approval for the accord partly by *trace* structuring it in a way that wouldn't preclude a full Ford bid once the golden share expires.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Jaguar and GM
REL:	structuring
Arg1:	it
Arg2-MNR:	in a way that wouldn't preclude a full Ford bid once the golden share expires

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


as purpose (-)
John's class schedule is structured *trace* to let him sleep until noon every day.
REL:	structured
Arg1:	*trace* -> John's class schedule
Arg2-PNC:	to let him sleep until noon every day

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


as as (-)
John structured his dissertation as an exercise in obfuscation.
Arg0:	John
REL:	structured
Arg1:	his dissertation
Arg2-as:	an exercise in obfuscation

The arg2 is always some descriptor of the way the arg1 is arranged or set up. That descriptor can take several different manifestations, hence the use of the functional tags on a numbered argument.