Roleset brush.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to rub, clean, or remove with or as if with a brush":

Roles:

Arg0:entity with brush, agent


Arg1:entity brushed

Examples:

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


passive (-)
Mr. Broderick , the Massachusetts grower , says [0] the `` big boss '' at a supermarket chain even rejected his Red Delicious recently because they were n't waxed and brushed [*-1] for extra shine .
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	brushed
Arg1:	[*-1] -> they
ArgM-PNC:	for extra shine

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


transitive (-)
South Korean President Roh Tae Woo , [*-2] brushing aside suggestions that the won be revalued [*-1] again , said [0] the currency 's current level against the dollar is `` appropriate . ''
Arg0:	[*-2] -> South Korean President Roh Tae Woo
REL:	brushing
ArgM-DIR:	aside
Arg1:	suggestions that the won be revalued [*-1] again

Roleset brush.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "brush off: to dismiss or disregard":

Roles:

Arg0:dismisser, agent


Arg1:entity dismissed

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
A White House spokesman condemned the truce suspension as `` deplorable '' but brushed off talk of [*] renewing military funding for the insurgents .
Arg0:	A White House spokesman
ArgM-DIS:	but
REL:	[ brushed] [ off]
Arg1:	talk of [*] renewing military funding for the insurgents

Roleset brush.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "brush up: to review, refresh":

Roles:

Arg0:review, agent


Arg1:entity brushed up

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
The Hildebrandt course enables students to brush up on negotiation skills by role playing in simulated deals .
Arg0:	students
REL:	[ brush] [ up]
Arg1-on:	negotiation skills

Roleset brush.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "brush up: touch lightly":

Roles:

Arg0:toucher


Arg1:thing brushed up against

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


always with 'against' (-)
This well may be the first time that the venerable Rockefeller University has brushed up publicly against the intimidations now common in American science.
Arg0:	the venerable Rockefeller University
REL:	brushed up
Argm-MNR:	publically
Arg1-against:	the intimidations now common in American science