Roleset can.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "put into tins":

Roles:

Arg0:canner, agent


Arg1:substance

Examples:

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


passive (-)
The agency won't allow mushrooms that [*T*-2] were canned [*-3] or packed in brine at any Chinese plant to enter the U.S. until ``satisfactory sanitation-control measures are implemented in China to prevent'' bacterial contamination.
REL:	canned
Arg1:	[*-3] -> [*T*-2] -> that -> mushrooms
ArgM-LOC:	at any Chinese plant

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund
So one time this British gentleman took a tour of the US and visited a farm in Iowa. Astounded at the amount of produce being grown, he asked the farmer what was done with the vegetables. The farmer replied, "We eat what we can, and what we can't we can." The British gent thought that was terribly clever and resolved to tell his friends when he returned home. When the time came, though, he couldn't quite remember the punchline correctly and said instead, "We eat what we can, and what we can't we do up into tins."

almost agentive (-)
The outbreaks were traced to staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that produces a toxin capable of surviving the high temperatures used in [*] canning vegetables.
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	canning
Arg1:	vegetables

Roleset can.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "fire":

Roles:

Arg0:employer


Arg1:ex-employee


Arg2:job

Examples:

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


you get the picture (-)
John was canned *trace* from his job at the weenie factory after making one too many sexual innuendoes.
REL:	canned
Arg1:	*trace* -> John
Arg2-from:	his job at the weenie factory
Argm-TMP:	after making one too many sexual innuendoes