Roleset curl.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) be coiled":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of coiling


Arg1:coiled thing


Arg2:secondary attribute

Examples:

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


secondary attribute? (-)
``Wage increases and overall compensation increases are beginning *trace* to curl upward a little bit,'' said Audrey Freedman, a labor economist at the Conference Board, a business research organization.
Arg1:	*trace* -> Wage increases and overall compensation increases
REL:	curl
ArgM-DIR:	upward
Arg2-EXT:	a little bit

That's just a weird example. person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


agentive (-)
Mary curls her hair every morning, but John's hair curls naturally.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	curls
Arg1:	her hair
Argm-TMP:	every morning

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


ergative (-)
Mary curls her hair every morning, but John's hair curls naturally.
Arg1:	John's hair
REL:	curls
Argm-MNR:	naturally

Roleset curl.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "exist in curved state":

Roles:

Arg1:curved entity

Examples:

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


automatically generated (-)
Three minutes into the massage , the man curled up , began shaking and turned red .
Arg1:	the man
REL:	[ curled] [ up]