Roleset tear.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to pull apart, separate forcefully":

Roles:

Arg0:puller, tearer, separator, agent


Arg1:thing torn


Arg2:torn between/from/out

Examples:

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


torn out (-)
Republican Sen. William Cohen of Maine , the panel 's vice chairman , said of the disclosure that `` a text torn [*] out of context is a pretext , and it [*EXP*-2] is unfair for those in the White House who [*T*-1] are leaking to present the evidence in a selective fashion . ''
REL:	torn
Arg1:	[*] -> a text
Arg2:	out of context

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


torn between (-)
Further , the Herald seemed [*-1] torn editorially between [*-3] keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying [*-2] to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times .
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the Herald
REL:	torn
ArgM-MNR:	editorially
Arg2-between:	[*-3] keeping its old-time Hearst readership -- blue-collar and sports-oriented -- and trying [*-2] to provide a sprightly , upscale alternative to the sometimes staid Times

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with direction (-)
With Garpian randomness , a hotel across the street , the Amfac , had been hit [*-1] harder : A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies were torn [*-2] away .
REL:	torn
Arg1:	[*-2] -> A large sheet of its concrete facade and several window balconies
ArgM-DIR:	away

Roleset tear.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "to rush, move hurriedly":

Roles:

Arg0:entity rushing


Arg1:direction/location

Examples:

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


tear through (-)
A series of explosions tore through the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here , [*] injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel .
Arg0:	A series of explosions
REL:	tore
Arg1-through:	the huge Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near here
ArgM-ADV:	[*] injuring more than a hundred and closing parts of the Houston Ship Channel

Roleset tear.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to fill with tears":

Roles:

Arg1:entity filled with tears

Examples:

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


eyes tearing (-)
[*-1] Having resided in the great state of California for the past seven years , I find it [*EXP*-3] hard [*] to ignore our environmental problems when I start my commute to work with eyes tearing [*RNR*-2] and head aching [*RNR*-2] from the polluted air [*T*-4] ; when I try [*-6] to enjoy the beaches and come home [*-6] covered [*-8] with tar and oil [*T*-5] ; when I hear of numerous deaths related [*] to irresponsible processing of cheese and use of chemicals in fruit growing [*T*-7] .
Arg1:	eyes
REL:	tearing

Roleset tear.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "to tear to pieces":

Roles:

Arg0:tearer


Arg1:entity torn

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
On Aug. 1 , the state tore up its controls , and food prices leaped .
ArgM-TMP:	On Aug. 1
Arg0:	the state
REL:	[ tore] [ up]
Arg1:	its controls

Roleset tear.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "to demolish, take apart":

Roles:

Arg0:demolisher, agent


Arg1:entity torn

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Witnesses shout , scream , pontificate : `` ... a dream that the planet could be saved [*-1] from itself and from the sadistic dumb creatures who [*T*-2] try [*-4] to tear down every decent man who [*T*-3] raises his voice . ''
Arg0:	[*-4] -> [*T*-2] -> who -> the sadistic dumb creatures
REL:	[ tear] [ down]
Arg1:	every decent man who [*T*-3] raises his voice