Roleset sweat.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sweat":

Roles:

Arg0:sweater (no, not like your grandmother made for you)


Arg1:the sweat itself

Examples:

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


manner, not arg! (-)
Mr. Jacobson, his gray hair flying, didn't wear out his red-white-and-blue sneakers, but he sweat so much he considered sending out for a new shirt.
Arg0:	he
REL:	sweat
ArgM-MNR:	so much he considered sending out for a new shirt

person: third tense: past aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


with arg1 (-)
Before his big date with Mary, John was sweating bullets.
Argm-TMP:	Before his big date with Mary
Arg0:	John
REL:	sweating
Arg1:	bullets

Arg1 defaults to 'sweat' and so only occurs when something else (metaphorically) is being swat.

Roleset sweat.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "endure, last through":

Roles:

Arg1:experiencer


Arg2:thing endured or period of time

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


not like a sauna (-)
Baseball fans throughout New York had sweated out a long summer with their teams, and now it had come to this: a battle between the two for the National League pennant -- down to the last inning of the last game, no less.
Arg0:	Baseball fans throughout New York
REL:	[ sweated] [ out]
Arg1:	a long summer
ArgM:	with their teams