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

Roles:

Arg1:wait-er (not waiter, that's the other sense)


Arg2:thing waited for


Argm-TMP:period of time waited through

Examples:

time period (-)
The Treasury may wait until Monday or Tuesday.
Arg1:	The Treasury
Argm-MOD:	may
REL:	wait
Argm-TMP:	until Monday or Tuesday




waiting for Godot (you saw that coming, didn't you?) (-)
That permits them to wait for prices to rise.
Arg1:	them
REL:	wait
Arg2-for:	prices to rise

"Wait on" is the same as "wait for". It seems to be dialectal variation, which is used.

Roleset wait.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "wait tables":

Roles:

Arg0:waiter


Arg1:table

Examples:

starving artist (-)
John is waiting tables in LA until he gets his big break.
Arg0:	John
REL:	waiting
Arg1:	tables
Argm-LOC:	in LA
Argm-TMP:	until he gets his big break

Roleset wait.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "wait out: endure, outlast":

Roles:

Arg0:thing lasting longer


Arg1:thing lasting shorter

Examples:

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


us. 'wait it out' (-)
As the strike enters its 15th day today, some members are getting nervous, the spokesman conceded, but the majority of the 55,000 Machinists are prepared [*-1] to ``wait it out as long as it takes.''
Arg0:	[*-1] -> the majority of the 55,000 Machinists
REL:	wait out
Arg1:	it
Argm-TMP:	as long as it takes