Roleset catch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get":

Roles:

Arg0:receiver


Arg1:thing gotten


Arg2:giver

Examples:

no giver (-)
Inexplicably costumed as a rabbinical student, tottering around on lifts, Mr. Shicoff hardly seemed the fellow *trace* to catch a fancy cocotte's eye.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the fellow
REL:	catch
Arg1:	a fancy cocotte 's eye




with giver (-)
John caught a long fly ball from his two-year old daughter.
Arg0:	John
REL:	caught
Arg1:	a long fly ball
Arg2-from:	his two-year old daughter

Roleset abbreviated from get. Latter examples might be parsed as [a long fly ball from his two-year-old daughter].

Roleset catch.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "come upon, find":

Roles:

Arg0:events, usually


Arg1:entity


Arg2:attribute

Examples:

typical usage (-)
But the government's action, which *trace* caught Jaguar management flat-footed,...
Arg0:	the government's action -> *trace* -> which
REL:	caught
Arg1:	Jaguar management
Argm-PRD:	flat-footed

Roleset catch.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "trap":

Roles:

Arg0:trapper


Arg1:trapped


Arg2:trap, either place or instrument

Examples:

no trap mentioned (-)
Program trading itself is merely caught *trace* in the middle of this battle, unfairly labeled as the evil driving force of the marketplace.
Arg1:	Program trading itself -> *trace*
ArgM-ADV:	merely
REL:	caught
ArgM-LOC:	in the middle of this battle
ArgM:	unfairly labeled as the evil driving force of the marketplace




with trap (-)
At the same time it has been caught *trace* in an earnings squeeze .
ArgM-TMP:	At the same time
Arg1:	it -> *trace*
REL:	caught
Arg2-in:	an earnings squeeze




metaphorical trap? (-)
The scope of the improvement in the U.S. business caught some analysts by surprise.
Arg0:	The scope of the improvement in the U.S. business
REL:	caught
Arg1:	some analysts
Arg2-by:	surprise

This latter example could be regarded as the attributive 'come upon' sense; at least the tagging is basically the same.

Roleset catch.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "catch up: come even with":

Roles:

Arg1:entity in motion


Arg2:goal

Examples:

stated goal (-)
Meanwhile, Shearson Lehman's Mr. Devario said that, to stay competitive, the U.S. paper industry needs *trace* to catch up with the European industry.
Arg1:	*trace* -> the U.S. paper industry
REL:	[ catch] [ up]
Arg2-with:	the European industry




no goal (-)
``They are going *trace* to catch up,'' said David Claridge, an analyst with Hambrecht & Quist.
Arg1:	*trace* -> They
REL:	[ catch] [ up]

Roleset catch.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "catch on: become popular":

Roles:

Arg1:thing becoming popular


Arg2:popular with whom?

Examples:

no audience (-)
...its Amiga, which has slick graphics yet has been slow *trace* to catch on.
Arg0:	*trace* -> which -> its Amiga
REL:	[ catch] [ on]




with audience (-)
And, with many of his 70,000 workers, Mr. Smith's damn-the-torpedoes attitude has caught on.
ArgM-DIS:	And
Arg2-with:	many of his 70,000 workers
Arg1:	Mr. Smith 's damn-the-torpedoes attitude
REL:	[ caught] [ on]

Latter examples nicely fronted.

Roleset catch.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "catch on: become aware of":

Roles:

Arg0:aware entity


Arg1:aware of what?

Examples:

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


you can't fool me! (-)
At one point, the reader is two steps ahead of Marlowe in [*] catching on to a double identity scam -- and Marlowe is supposed to be the pro.
Arg0:	[*] -> Marlowe
REL:	catching on
Arg1-to:	a double identity scam