Roleset hail.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "weather phenomenon":

Roles:

takes no args

Examples:

it support (-)
It's hailing in Boise, ID.
REL:	hailing
Argm-LOC:	in Boise, ID

See also related 'hail down'

Roleset hail.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "recognize and honor":

Roles:

Arg0:entity giving recognition


Arg1:entity being recognized


Arg2:hailed as

Examples:

just transitive (-)
It is interesting to see the fundamental stock pickers scream ``foul'' on program trading when the markets decline, while *trace* hailing the great values still abounding as the markets rise.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the fundamental stock pickers
REL:	hailing
Arg1:	the great values still abounding as the markets rise




with arg2 (-)
Analysts hailed the planned transaction as being beneficial to Armstrong and Shaw.
Arg0:	Analysts
REL:	hailed
Arg1:	the planned transaction
Arg2-as:	being beneficial to Armstrong and Shaw

Arg2 should always be introduced by 'as'.

Roleset hail.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "come from":

Roles:

Arg0:person in question


Arg1:source, home

Examples:

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


automatically generated (-)
Lone Star 's Bond Corp. parent , for instance , hails from Perth , Australia .
Arg0:	Lone Star 's Bond Corp. parent
ArgM-DIS:	for instance
REL:	hails
Arg1-from:	Perth , Australia

Roleset hail.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "hard things coming down":

Roles:

Arg1:hard things

Examples:

poor John (-)
A series of cruel comments, and pointy rocks, hailed down on John.
Arg1:	A series of cruel comments, and pointy rocks
REL:	hailed down
Argm-LOC:	on John

I doubt it will appear in WSJ, but here it is just for completeness.