Predicate: hem

Roleset id: hem.01 , fold over and sew together to provide with a hem, vncls: , framnet: -

hem.01: No Vncls. Comparison to edge.03.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity doing the sewing
        Arg1: fabric being given a hem
        Arg2: description of the hem

Example: Emperor's new skirt? All args

        person: other,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: ns

        Then I carefully hemmed the skirt with an invisible hem.

        Argm-tmp: Then
        Arg0: I
        Argm-mnr: carefully
        Rel: hemmed
        Arg1: the skirt
        Arg2: with an invisible hem


Predicate: hem_in

Roleset id: hem.02 , surround, vncls: , framnet: -

hem.02: Would fit in with Vncls contiguous_location-47.8, but no ontonotes or wordnet entry yet. Roleset by Julia based on WSJ. Comparison to ring.02.

Roles:

        Arg1: surrounding entity (vnrole: -theme1)
        Arg2: entity being surrounded (vnrole: -theme2)

Example: passive, both args

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

        Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small-town squares , the building was hemmed in by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright-green shade of florist 's grass .

        Argm-adv: Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small-town squares
        Arg2: the building
        Rel: [hemmed] [in]
        Arg1: by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright-green shade of florist's grass