Roleset tug.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "carry by tugging":

Roles:

Arg0:dragger


Arg1:thing dragged


Arg2:direction

Examples:

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


compare with tug.03 (-)
John tugged his heavy cedar chest to the center of the hallway.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tugged
Arg1:	his heavy cedar chest
Arg2-to:	the center of the hallway

This and tug.03 are very similar--tug.03 is a resultative, tug.01 is more directional.

Roleset tug.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "pull (on)":

Roles:

Arg0:puller


Arg1:thing pulled

Examples:

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


Picard maneuver (-)
John tugs on the hem of his shirt whenever he stands up.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tugs
Arg1-on:	the hem of his shirt
Argm-TMP:	whenever he stands up

Roleset tug.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "pull with end result":

Roles:

Arg0:puller, tugger


Arg1:thing tugged


Arg2:other thing tugged or secondary attribute, result of arg1

Examples:

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


not tug apart (-)
But yesterday, the heavy trading action eventually consumed not only Messrs. Jacobson and Bates but four other Jacobson partners, all doing their specialist-firm job of *trace* tugging buyers and sellers together and adjusting prices to accommodate the market.
Arg0:	*trace* -> four other Jacobson partners
REL:	tugging
Arg1:	buyers and sellers
Arg2:	together