Roleset pen.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "write (with a pen)":

Roles:

Arg0:writer


Arg1:thing written


Arg2:written-to

Examples:

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


single-arg passive (-)
And ``Summerfolk,'' [*-1] penned [*] in 1904 as a kind of sequel to Chekhov's ``Cherry Orchard,'' is a lawn party of Russian yuppies engaged in an exhausting ideological fight to the finish between the allrightniks and the reformers.
REL:	penned
Arg1:	[*] -> [*-1] -> Summerfolk
ArgM-TMP:	in 1904
ArgM:	as a kind of sequel to Chekhov's ``Cherry Orchard

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


all args (-)
John penned a quick note to Mary.
Arg0:	John
REL:	penned
Arg1:	a quick note
Arg2-to:	Mary

Roleset pen.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "put into a pen, enclose":

Roles:

Arg0:penner


Arg1:penned

Examples:

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


that's gonna leave a stain (-)
John penned 50 head of cattle in Mary's living room.
Arg0:	John
REL:	penned
Arg1:	50 head of cattle
Argm-LOC:	in Mary's living room