Roleset hit.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "strike":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

(un-named example) (-)
Bank of New England has been hit hard by the region's real-estate slump.
Arg1:	Bank of New England
REL:	hit
Argm-MNR:	hard
Arg2-by:	the region's real-estate slump




(un-named example) (-)
The firm has also been hit *trace* with big financial settlements.
Arg1:	The firm
Argm-dis:	also
REL:	hit
Arg2-with:	big financial settlements




(un-named example) (-)
A slowdown is hitting the industry
Arg2:	A slowdown
REL:	hitting
Arg1:	the industry

Roleset hit.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "reach, encounter":

Roles:

Arg0:thing hitting / reaching


Arg1:thing hit

Examples:

(un-named example) (-)
The plane could hit the market in the mid-1990s.
Arg0:	The plane
Argm-mod:	could
REL:	hit
Arg1:	the market
Argm-tmp:	in the mid-1990s


The sell programs are presumable hitting something, like "the computers"

(un-named example) (-)
When the sell programs hit, ...
Arg0:	the sell programs
REL:	hit

Roleset hit.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "go to, turn to":

Roles:

Arg0:entity turning to a new hobby


Arg1:thing hit

Examples:

(un-named example) (-)
He hit the lanes three years ago on the advice of his doctor.
Arg0:	He
REL:	hit
Arg1:	the lanes
Argm-tmp:	three years ago
Argm-adv:	on the advice of his doctor