Roleset tease.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "discover bit by bit, get out":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, discoverer


Arg1:thing discovered


Arg2:from where, source

Examples:

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


all args, discover (-)
Mary teased the truth from the mass of John's lies and half-truths.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	teased
Arg1:	the truth
Arg2-from:	the mass of John's lies and half-truths

Roleset tease.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "tease":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, teaser


Arg1:patient, teased


Arg2:about what

Examples:

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


bully Mary (-)
Mary teased John endlessly about the zit on his nose.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	teased
Arg1:	John
Argm-MNR:	endlessly
Arg2-about:	the zit on his nose

Roleset tease.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "do bad things to hair":

Roles:

Arg0:evildoer, agent


Arg1:hair


Arg2:end result

Examples:

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


bad hair day (-)
John teased his hair into an enormous beehive.
Arg0:	John
REL:	teased
Arg1:	his hair
Arg2-into:	an enormous beehive

Usually without end result.

Roleset tease.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "discover bit by bit, phrasal":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, discoverer


Arg1:thing discovered


Arg2:from where, source

Examples:

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


the one example (-)
One cell was teased [*-1] out, and its DNA extracted.
REL:	[ teased] [ out]
Arg1:	[*-1] -> One cell

Except for the particle, identical to tease.01.