Roleset dig.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "turn over, remove soil":

Roles:

Arg0:digger, agent


Arg1:entity removed


Arg2:instrument

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
CORPORATE DOWNSIZING digs deeper .
Arg0:	CORPORATE DOWNSIZING
REL:	digs
ArgM-MNR:	deeper

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


transitive (-)
`` If you can use data [*-4] to reconstruct what [*T*-2] happened in the past , you have much more confidence in predictions for the future , '' said [*T*-5] Lonnie Thompson , a research scientist at Ohio State who [*T*-3] dug for [*RNR*-1] and analyzed [*RNR*-1] the ice samples .
Arg0:	[*T*-3] -> who -> Ohio State
REL:	dug
Arg1-for:	the ice samples -> [*RNR*-1]

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


with adverbials (-)
They just keep [*-1] digging me in deeper until I reach the point where I give up and go away . ''
Arg0:	[*-1] -> They
REL:	digging
Arg1:	me
ArgM-DIR:	in
ArgM-DIR:	deeper
ArgM-TMP:	until I reach the point where I give up and go away

Roleset dig.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to excavate, turn up":

Roles:

Arg0:digger, agent


Arg1:entity turned up

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Police suspect that the criminals , who [*T*-1] dig up the plants in the dead of night , are selling them to nurseries or landscapers .
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> who -> the criminals
REL:	[ dig] [ up]
Arg1:	the plants
ArgM-TMP:	in the dead of night

Roleset dig.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to remove":

Roles:

Arg0:digger, agent


Arg1:entity removed

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Days later , the thieves returned and dug out more , [*-1] this time adding insult to injury .
Arg0:	the thieves
REL:	[ dug] [ out]
Arg1:	more