Roleset erase.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove marks":

Roles:

Arg0:eraser


Arg1:thing erased, mark


Arg2:medium, surface


Arg3:instrument, if separate from arg0

Examples:

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


straight transitive (-)
He said that Oliver North of Iran-Contra notoriety thought he had erased his computer but that the information was later retrieved for congressional committees to read.
Arg0:	he
REL:	erased
Arg1:	his computer

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive, with source (-)
Moreover, he said, technology now exists for stealing corporate secrets after they've been ``erased *trace*'' from a computer's memory.
REL:	erased
Arg1:	*trace* -> they
Arg2-from:	a computer's memory

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


VP subject (-)
Mr. Andersson says he is confident that taking parts of the company public will help erase the ``conglomerate stigma'' that has held down Trelleborg's share price.
Arg0:	*trace* -> taking parts of the company public
REL:	erase
Arg1:	the ``conglomerate stigma'' that has held down Trelleborg's share price

Many times the "agent" is properly felt to be a VP, but the VP itself is not accessible as a constituent argument. In these cases you'll usually have to take the agent of the VP as the arg0 of 'erase.'


all args (-)
John erased the fat from the the expensive cut of beef with a chainsaw.
Arg0:	John
REL:	erased
Arg1:	the fat
Arg2-from:	the the expensive cut of beef
Arg3-with:	a chainsaw