Roleset gear.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "aim at, design for":

Roles:

Arg0:aimer, designer, agent


Arg1:thing under consideration


Arg2:target

Examples:

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


gear towards (-)
Most revisions it will propose will be geared *trace* toward slowing down program trading during stressful periods, said officials working with the exchange.
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	geared
Arg1:	*trace* -> Most revisions it will propose
Arg2-toward:	slowing down program trading during stressful periods

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


gear to (-)
He's totally geared to a punitive position.''
Arg1:	He
ArgM-EXT:	totally
REL:	geared
Arg2-to:	a punitive position

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


with agent (-)
Mary geared John to expect chocolate pudding for dinner.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	geared
Arg1:	John
Arg2:	to expect chocolate pudding for dinner

Roleset gear.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "prepare":

Roles:

Arg0:preparer


Arg1:thing/entity prepared


Arg2:purpose

Examples:

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


arg2 as PP (-)
HEALTH CLUBS gear up for a graying clientele.
Arg0:	HEALTH CLUBS
REL:	[ gear] [ up]
Arg2-for:	a graying clientele

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


arg2 as predicate (-)
But because of the uncertainty of the outcome of the suit, Mr. Conner's team has done little *trace* to begin *trace* gearing up to defend its title.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Mr. Conner's team
REL:	[ gearing] [ up]
Arg2-PNC:	to defend its title

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


intransitive (-)
PaineWebber also was able *trace* to gear up quickly thanks to the 1987 crash.
Arg0:	*trace* -> PaineWebber
REL:	[ gear] [ up]
ArgM-MNR:	quickly

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


with arg1 explicitly mentioned (-)
John geared himself up for another fight with Mary.
Arg0:	John
REL:	geared up
Arg1-REC:	himself
Arg2-for:	another fight with Mary

Arg1 defaults to some reflexive pronoun and is usually dropped--but it can occur!