Roleset milk.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "extract milk from a cow":

Roles:

Arg0:farmer


Arg1:milk


Arg2:cow

Examples:

Most of the time you'll not see the milk argument--it only appears when the verb is being more explicitly metaphorically, as in the first example below. Otherwise, the thing removed is mentioned within the verb itself. person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


explicitly metaphorical (-)
But Goya Foods Inc. believes it can milk some sales by bucking the trend.
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	milk
Arg1:	some sales
ArgM-MNR:	by bucking the trend

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


extremely literal (-)
The young leave, especially girls who *trace* won't milk cows by hand.
Arg0:	*trace* -> who -> especially girls
ArgM-MOD:	wo
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	milk
Arg2:	cows
ArgM-MNR:	by hand

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


metaphorical, unmentioned milk (-)
He forecasts that the emphasis in mergers and acquisitions may soon return to what he calls ``strategic deals, in which somebody is taking over a company not *trace* to milk the cash flow, but because it's a good fit.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> somebody
REL:	milk
Arg2:	the cash flow

Roleset milk.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "milk for variant: exploit":

Roles:

Arg0:milker, agent


Arg1:thing milked


Arg2:for all it's worth

Examples:

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


almost idiomatic (-)
John milks his relationship with Mary for all it's worth.
Arg0:	John
REL:	milks
Arg1:	his relationship with Mary
Arg2-for:	all it's worth

Note that "for all it's worth" cannot be regarded as a PRP (if it IS a PRP, then it should go in the other roleset).