Roleset march.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to walk steadily":

Roles:

ArgA:causer


Arg0:agent walking

Examples:

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


with direction (-)
As the judge marched down the center aisle in his flowing black robe , he was heralded [*-128] by a trumpet fanfare .
Arg0:	the judge
REL:	marched
ArgM-DIR:	down the center aisle
ArgM-MNR:	in his flowing black robe

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


with ArgA (-)
Colleagues today recall with some humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours [*T*-1] as Mr. Dinkins would march his staff out of board meetings and into his private office [*-2] to discuss , en masse , certain controversial proposals .
ArgA:	Mr. Dinkins
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	march
Arg0:	his staff
ArgM-DIR:	out of board meetings and into his private office
ArgM-PNC:	[*-2] to discuss , en masse , certain controversial proposals

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


intransitive (-)
About 200,000 East Germans marched in Leipzig and thousands more staged protests in three other cities in a fresh challenge [*ICH*-1] to the Communist leadership [*] to introduce democratic freedoms .
Arg0:	About 200,000 East Germans
REL:	marched
ArgM-LOC:	in Leipzig

Roleset march.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to progress, advance":

Roles:

Arg1:entity progressing

Examples:

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


with direction (-)
It was as short as 29 days at the start of this year , when rates were marching steadily upward [*T*-1] , and hit 42 days in August .
Arg1:	rates
REL:	marching
ArgM-MNR:	steadily
ArgM-DIR:	upward
ArgM-TMP:	[*T*-1] -> when -> this year