Roleset know.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "understand":

Roles:

Arg0:knower


Arg1:thing known or thought


Arg2:attribute of arg1

Examples:

just transitive (-)
I need to know the aircraft and flight number.
Arg0:	I
REL:	need to know
Arg1:	the aircraft and flight number




sentential thing known (-)
The other side knows that Giuliani has always been prochoice.
Arg0:	The other side
REL:	knows
Arg1:	Guiliani has always been prochoice




with subject (-)
He didn't know (anything) about most of the cases until Wednesday.
Arg0:	He
REL:	didn't know
Arg1:	anything
Arg2-about:	about most of the cases
ArgM-TMP:	until Wednesday




attributive (-)
These nations are known as "little tigers"
Arg1:	These nations
REL:	known
Arg2-as:	as "little tigers"




infinitival thing known (-)
I have never known a lady to faint in the belfry.
Arg0:	I
REL:	have never known
Arg1:	a lady to faint in the belfry.


The difference between this example and the previous is that there's no intervening S node between 'know' and the thing known, forcing the messy annotation.

same thing, bogus parse (-)
I have never known [a lady] [to faint in the belfry.]
Arg0:	I
REL:	have never known
Arg1:	[a lady][to faint in the belfry]




marginal usage (-)
Mary knows John for an idiot.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	knows
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	an idiot