Roleset black.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "fall asleep, faint":

Roles:

Arg0:fainter

Examples:

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


poor John (-)
John blacked out before Mary could hit him more than three or four times.
Arg0:	John
REL:	blacked out
Argm-TMP:	before Mary could hit him more than three or four times

Roleset black.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to not emit light":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of non-emission, agent


Arg1:non-emitter of light

Examples:

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


misparsed passive (-)
In this way, while the Stick itself was blacked out, we kept up to date on events.
Arg1:	the Stick itself
REL:	[ blacked] [ out]