Roleset creep.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "manner of motion":

Roles:

Arg0:creeper


Arg1:path

Examples:

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


creep up: not phrasal (-)
Inventories are creeping up; car inventories are already high, and big auto makers are idling plants.
Arg0:	Inventories
REL:	creeping
Arg1-DIR:	up

'Up' is only one of many possible directions; expect to see also 'higher' 'back' and others.

Roleset creep.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "approach":

Roles:

Arg0:creeper


Arg1:target

Examples:

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


creep up: phrasal (-)
In Mr. Sohmer's film, by contrast, we are urged to share the perverse excitement of the rapist creeping up on his victim, as the camera ogles Kate in various stages of undress and lingers on the sight of her trussed-up body during frequent flashbacks to the rape.
Arg0:	the rapist
REL:	[ creeping] [ up]
Arg1-on:	his victim