Roleset surpass.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "go beyond":

Roles:

Arg0:thing going beyond


Arg1:thing left in the dust

Examples:

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


straight transitive (-)
That means it's unlikely the company will surpass last year's $4.9 billion full-year profit, even though net for the first nine months was up 1.9% to $3.52 billion on revenue of $95.57 billion.
Arg0:	the company
ArgM:	will
REL:	surpass
Arg1:	last year's $4.9 billion full-year profit

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


with secondary predication (-)
Conner Peripherals Inc., which has a near-monopoly on a key part used in many portable computers, is on target *trace* to surpass Compaq Computer Corp. as the fastest-growing start-up manufacturing firm in U.S. business history.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Conner Peripherals Inc., which has a near-monopoly on a key part used in many portable computers ,
REL:	surpass
Arg1:	Compaq Computer Corp.
ArgM-PRD:	as the fastest-growing start-up manufacturing firm in U.S. business history