Roleset knock.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hit":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

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


prepositional thing knocked (-)
John knocked on Mary's door with his head.
Arg0:	John
REL:	knocked
Arg1-on:	Mary's door
Arg2-with:	his head

Roleset knock.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "cut off by striking":

Roles:

Arg0:cutter


Arg1:thing cut


Arg2:medium, source


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

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


unstated instrument (-)
The strong dollar, which reduces the value of overseas earnings and revenue when they are translated into dollars, is expected *trace* to knock 80 to 85 cents off IBM's per-share earnings for the full year.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The strong dollar , which reduces the value of overseas earnings and revenue when they are translated into dollars ,
REL:	knock
Arg1:	80 to 85 cents
Arg2-off:	IBM's per-share earnings for the full year

Roleset knock.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "knock down: hit and cause to go down":

Roles:

Arg0:knocker


Arg1:thing knocked and going down


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


Arg5:instrument

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
London share prices closed sharply lower Friday in active trading after Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson's resignation slapped the market and Wall Street's rapid initial sell-off knocked it down.
Arg0:	Wall Street's rapid initial sell-off
REL:	[ knocked] [ down]
Arg1:	it

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


with numeric arguments (-)
Last Friday, takeover traders spilled out of Hilton, *trace* knocking the stock down 21 1/2 to 85.
Arg0:	*trace* -> takeover traders
REL:	[ knocking] [ down]
Arg1:	the stock
Arg2-EXT:	21 1/2
Arg4-to:	85

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


with instrument (-)
John knocked down Mary's door with his incessant pounding.
Arg0:	John
REL:	knocked down
Arg1:	Mary's door
Arg5-with:	his incessant pounding

Maybe this last example should be a separate roleset? Hard to say.

Roleset knock.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "knock out: eliminate, destroy":

Roles:

Arg0:destroyer


Arg1:thing destroyed


Arg2:instrument of destruction

Examples:

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


passivized (-)
An increase in production at some major oil fields in the North Sea, which *trace* had been knocked *trace* out by an explosion in July 1988, also aided results.
REL:	[ knocked] [ out]
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> which -> some major oil fields in the North Sea
Arg0-by:	an explosion
ArgM-TMP:	in July 1988

Roleset knock.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "knock off: eliminate, destroy":

Roles:

Arg0:The Eliminator, agent


Arg1:thing eliminated

Examples:

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


knock your block off (-)
Can Sihanouk and Hun Sen knock off the Khmer Rouge still supported by China?
Argm-MOD:	Can
Arg0:	Sihanouk and Hun Sen
REL:	knock off
Arg1:	the Khmer Rouge still supported by China?

Roleset knock.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "knock off: copy":

Roles:

Arg0:copier


Arg1:thing copied

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


cheap knock-off (-)
Judge John E. Sprizzo issued the order in Manhattan federal court, where Sony has accused the tiny company of [*] illegally knocking off the ``My First Sony'' line.
Arg0:	[*] -> the tiny company
Argm-MNR:	illegally
REL:	knocking off
Arg1:	the ``My First Sony'' line