Roleset commute.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "go back and forth to/from work":

Roles:

Arg0:commuter


Arg1:one (or both) location(s), start point


Arg2:other location, destination

Examples:

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


arg1 as start point (-)
Of Bechtel's 17,500 employees, about 4,000 work in San Francisco -- one-third of them commuting from stricken East Bay.
Arg0:	one-third of them
REL:	commuting
Arg1-from:	stricken East Bay

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


arg1 as both points (-)
Mr. Rosenblatt said he resigned because of difficulties with [*] commuting between his home in New York and the magazine's editorial offices in Washington.
Arg0:	[*] -> he
REL:	commuting
Arg1-between:	[ his home in New York] [ and] [ the magazine's editorial offices in Washington]

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


separated points (-)
Every day, John commutes from Heaven to Hell.
Argm-TMP:	Every day
Arg0:	John
REL:	commutes
Arg1-from:	Heaven
Arg2-to:	Hell

Roleset commute.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "make a law sentence more lenient":

Roles:

Arg0:judge


Arg1:old sentence


Arg2:new sentence

Examples:

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


no resurrection yet (-)
The judge commuted Mary's sentence for killing John to 'time served,' saying that John really did have it coming.
Arg0:	The judge
REL:	commuted
Arg1:	Mary's sentence for killing John
Arg2-to:	'time served,'
Argm-ADV:	saying that John really did have it coming