Roleset mean.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "intend, explain, is equivalent to":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, person doing explanation


Arg1:thing meant, explanation

Examples:

resulted in (-)
Huge gains by her students in 1987 and 1988 meant a total of $5000 in bonuses over two years.
Arg0:	Huge gains by her students in 1987 and 1988
REL:	meant
Arg1:	a total of $5000 in bonuses over two years.




this means that (-)
The leeway that Sea Containers has means that Temple would have to substantially increase their bid.
Arg0:	The leeway that Sea Containers has
REL:	means
Arg1:	Temple would have to substantially increase their bid.

Note that the complementizer "that" is not included--this is to be --> --consistent with the verbs of saying.