Roleset back.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "support":

Roles:

Arg0:supporter


Arg1:thing being supported

Examples:

support (-)
...asking him *trace* to back a Palestinian bid to joing the committee.
Arg0:	*trace*=him
REL:	back
Arg1:	a Palestinian bid to joing the committee




cease support (-)
The big brokerage firms back out of program trading for their own accounts or for clients.
Arg0:	The big brokerage firms
REL:	back
Arg1-out:	of program trading
Argm-PNC:	for their own accounts or for clients.

Could be interpreted as phrasal "back_out" also (but I don't like that). Follow Treebank's parsing.


cease support, with NP (-)
Eastern Airline's creditors committee backed off a move to come up with its own alternative proposals to the carrier's bankruptcy reorganization plans.
Arg0:	Eastern Airline's creditors committee
REL:	backed
Arg1-off:	a move to come up with its own alternative proposals to the carrier's bankruptcy reorganization plans.

Roleset back.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "move backwards":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of backwards motion


Arg1:entity in motion

Examples:

retreat (-)
The Soviets might back away from the current conciliatory attitude
Arg1:	The Soviets
Argm-MOD:	might
REL:	back
Argm-DIR:	away from the current conciliatory attitude

Could be interpreted as phrasal "back_away" also. Follow the parsing given by Treebank.

Roleset back.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "face backwards":

Roles:

Arg0:looker, facer


Arg1:looked at, faced

Examples:

with PP (-)
John's house backs onto the city dump.
Arg0:	John's house
REL:	backs
Arg1-onto:	the city dump

Roleset back.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "back up: support":

Roles:

Arg0:supporter


Arg1:thing being supported

Examples:

Reaganomics (-)
You should quote Mr. Reagan, the man who believed trees cause air pollution, *trace* to back up your position that economics is more important than the Earth.
Arg0:	*trace*=You
REL:	back up
Arg1:	your position that economics is more important than the Earth.

Roleset back.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "back up: move backwards":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of backwards motion


Arg1:entity in motion

Examples:

oops (-)
The garbage truck backed up into John's living room.
Arg1:	The garbage truck
REL:	backed up
Argm-DIR:	into John's living room




double oops (-)
John backed the garbage truck up into Mary's living room.
Arg0:	John
REL:	backed up
Arg1:	the garbage truck
Argm-DIR:	into Mary's living room

Roleset back.08 Verbnet Class: NONE "back up: face backwards":

Roles:

Arg0:looker, facer


Arg1:looked at, faced

Examples:

icky (-)
John's house backs up to the city dump.
Arg0:	John's house
REL:	backs up
Arg1-to:	the city dump

Roleset back.09 Verbnet Class: NONE "back up: preserve data":

Roles:

Arg0:preserver, agent


Arg1:data


Arg2:permanent storage device

Examples:

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


instrumental subject (-)
Exabyte Corp., a Boulder, Colo., maker of high-capacity tape cartridge systems used [*] [*-1] to back up computer disk drives, started OTC trading with the symbol EXBT.
Arg2:	[*-1] -> [*] -> high-capacity tape cartridge systems
REL:	back up
Arg1:	computer disk drives

Roleset back.10 Verbnet Class: NONE "back up: traffic":

Roles:

Arg1:traffic

Examples:

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


Schuylkill expressway (-)
The companies block traffic much as highway on-ramps are blocked when traffic backs up.
Arg1:	traffic
REL:	backs up

Roleset back.11 Verbnet Class: NONE "back off: to retreat from":

Roles:

Arg0:retreator


Arg1:location or thing retreating from

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
When his arm came up [*T*-1] I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck , [*-2] watering my eyes , and I backed off [*-3] to cough .
Arg0:	I
REL:	[ backed] [ off]
ArgM-PNC:	[*-3] to cough