Roleset fold.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "mix ingredients gently":

Roles:

Arg0:mixer


Arg1:new ingredient


Arg2:medium

Examples:

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


not the context I expected (-)
To gain more leverage, abortion-rights advocates may seek *trace* to fold the bill into an omnibus continuing resolution next month.
Arg0:	*trace* -> abortion-rights advocates
REL:	fold
Arg1:	the bill
Arg2-into:	an omnibus continuing resolution

Roleset fold.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "fold hands":

Roles:

Arg0:person


Arg1:hands

Examples:

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


like a good boy (-)
John folded his hands neatly in Mary's lap.
Arg0:	John
REL:	folded
Arg1:	his hands
Argm-MNR:	neatly
Argm-LOC:	in Mary's lap

Roleset fold.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "origami":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:end state

Examples:

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


transitive with material (-)
A dozen white office workers fold newsletters and stuff them into envelopes.
Arg0:	A dozen white office workers
REL:	fold
Arg2:	newsletters

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


construction as PP (-)
John folded the newspaper into a sailboat for Mary.
Arg0:	John
REL:	folded
Arg2:	the newspaper
Arg1-into:	a sailboat
Arg3-for:	Mary"

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


material as PP (-)
John folded a sailboat out of newspaper.
Arg0:	John
REL:	folded
Arg1:	a sailboat
Arg2-out:	of newspaper

Roleset fold.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "stop playing cards":

Roles:

Arg0:cardplayer

Examples:

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


not quite cards (-)
Given that choice, associates of Mr. Hahn and industry observers say the former university president -- who has developed a reputation for not overpaying for anything -- would fold.
Arg0:	the former university president -- who has developed a reputation for not overpaying for anything --
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	fold

Roleset fold.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "(terminate) a failing business":

Roles:

Arg0:business owner


Arg1:failing business

Examples:

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


business as subject (-)
The Herald joins the Baltimore News-American, which *trace* folded, and the Boston Herald-American, which was sold, as cornerstones of the old Hearst newspaper empire abandoned by the company in the 1980s.
Arg1:	*trace* -> which -> the Baltimore News-American
REL:	folded

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


owner as subject (-)
Within the same nine months, News Corp. closed down In Fashion, a once-promising young woman's fashion magazine, Drake Publications Inc. has folded the long-troubled Venture magazine, and Lang Communications has announced Ms. magazine, after 17 years, will no longer carry advertising as of January.
Arg0:	Drake Publications Inc.
REL:	folded
Arg1:	the long-troubled Venture magazine

Roleset fold.05 Verbnet Class: 1 "origami":

Roles:

Arg0:builder


Arg1:construction


Arg2:material, start state


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:end state

Examples:

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


a token example (-)
A dozen white office workers fold up newsletters and stuff them into envelopes.
Arg0:	A dozen white office workers
REL:	fold up
Arg2:	newsletters

Except for the particle, should be identical to fold.03.