Roleset curry.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "brush a horse":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, brusher, currier


Arg1:horse


Arg2:brush, instrument

Examples:

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


I don't think she'll appreciate that (-)
John curried his horse with Mary's hairbrush.
Arg0:	John
REL:	curried
Arg1:	his horse
Arg2-with:	Mary's hairbrush

Roleset curry.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "curry favor":

Roles:

Arg0:entity seeking favor, agent


Arg1:fixed: favor


Arg2:with whom

Examples:

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


to curry favor, favor curry (-)
Overall, the government contends that GE's disclosure efforts largely were intended [*-1] to ``curry favor'' with Pentagon officials without [*-2] detailing the extent of the management lapses and allegedly pervasive billing irregularities uncovered [*] by company investigations.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> GE
REL:	curry
Arg1:	favor
Arg2-with:	Pentagon officials
ArgM-MNR:	without [*-2] detailing the extent of the management lapses and allegedly pervasive billing irregularities uncovered [*] by company investigations

Roleset curry.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "spicy Indian food":

Roles:

Arg0:cook


Arg1:food

Examples:

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


yummy (-)
John curried some weenies for dinner.
Arg0:	John
REL:	curried
Arg1:	some weenies
Argm-PNC:	for dinner

This will occur more often in adjectival usages: (some) curried weenies. But we might as well put it in place now.