Roleset bind.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "attach tightly":

Roles:

Arg0:attacher, agent


Arg1:thing bound


Arg2:bound to what


Arg3:with what

Examples:

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


more or less clear (-)
Yet he is also firmly bound by his hard-line rhetoric and promises he made to anti-abortion activists during his long pursuit of the White House.
ArgM-DIS:	Yet
Arg1:	he
ArgM-DIS:	also
ArgM-ADV:	firmly
REL:	bound
Arg3-by:	his hard-line rhetoric and promises he made to anti-abortion activists during his long pursuit of the White House

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


nasty trace chains (-)
The fundamental rule of contract law applied to both cases was that courts will not enforce agreements to which the parties did not intend *trace-1* to be bound *trace-2* *trace-3*.
REL:	bound
Arg1:	*trace-2* -> *trace-1* -> the parties
Arg2:	*trace-3* -> to which -> agreements

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


some kind of understood agreement? (-)
In the Pennzoil/Texaco litigation, the courts found Pennzoil and Getty Oil intended *trace* to be bound *trace*; in Arcadian Phosphates they found there was no intention to be bound.
REL:	bound
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Pennzoil and Getty Oil

Roleset bind.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "be likely":

Roles:

Arg1:thing that is likely

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
trace points to 'they', but leave that aside.

raising verb! (-)
They're bound *trace* to exaggerate.
REL:	bound
Arg1:	*trace* to exaggerate

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


more than likely (-)
In our system of advocacy, the trial lawyer is duty bound *trace* to present the best case he possibly can.''
ArgM-LOC:	In our system of advocacy
ArgM-MNR:	duty
REL:	bound
Arg1:	*trace* to present the best case he possibly can

Roleset bind.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "be destined for":

Roles:

Arg1:thing destined


Arg2:destiny

Examples:

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


glory bound (-)
It is rumored *trace* to be bound *trace* for a new model in the luxury Acura line in the U.S., but Honda officials wouldn't comment.
REL:	bound
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> It
Arg2-for:	a new model in the luxury Acura line in the U.S.