Roleset chew.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "masticate":

Roles:

Arg0:chewer


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


good example, awkward syntax (-)
Michelle Pfeiffer can't chew gum and sing at the same time.
Arg0:	Michelle Pfeiffer
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	chew
Arg1:	gum
ArgM-TMP:	at the same time

Roleset chew.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "masticate completely":

Roles:

Arg0:chewer


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


active (-)
Mr. Guber replies that ``this is a Goliath, this Time Warner, trying *trace* to chew up two fellows who have done only well for them for a long period of time.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> a Goliath, this Time Warner,
REL:	[ chew] [ up]
Arg1:	two fellows who have done only well for them for a long period of time

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
``One of the three major markets in the world is getting chewed *trace* up pretty bad.''
REL:	[ chewed] [ up]
Arg1:	*trace* -> One of the three major markets in the world
ArgM-MNR:	pretty bad

Go look up 'masticate,' you dirty-minded little buggers.