Roleset wring.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "twist":

Roles:

Arg0:twister


Arg1:twisted

Examples:

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


both args (-)
Tuesday's earthquake brought the San Francisco ad scene to a screeching halt yesterday, with only a few staffers showing up at their offices, [*-1] mainly to survey the damage or to wring their hands about imminent new-business presentations.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> only a few staffers
ArgM-MNR:	mainly
REL:	wring
Arg1:	their hands
ArgM-CAU:	about imminent new-business presentations

Roleset wring.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove liquid from, by twisting":

Roles:

Arg0:remover


Arg1:liquid


Arg2:source; rag etc

Examples:

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


badly parsed (-)
In a speech prepared for delivery to London's financial community, Mr. Lawson summed up current economic policy as a battle [*] to wring inflation out of the British economy, using high interest rates as ``the essential instrument'' to carry out the campaign.
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	wring
Arg1:	inflation
Arg2:	out of the British economy
ArgM-MNR:	using high interest rates as ``the essential instrument'' to carry out the campaign

There are a variety of ways to handle the 'out of'; Treebank chooses among them, almost always incorrectly. Do what you have to do. (Really, it should be a PP.)

Roleset wring.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "drain completely":

Roles:

Arg0:wringer


Arg1:wrung

Examples:

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


bell wringer (-)
Cleaning the garage really wrung John out.
Arg0:	Cleaning the garage
Argm-ADV:	really
REL:	wrung out
Arg1:	John

Be careful between this phrasal and wring.02 'remove' above. The best distinction is to see if the 'out' can move around--if it can, then you're dealing with a phrasal. If not, it's a PP.