Roleset pitch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "throw":

Roles:

Arg0:thrower


Arg1:thing thrown


Arg2:thrown at, to, over, etc

Examples:

another direction (-)
``Stocks were being pitched *trace* out of windows at any price.''
REL:	pitched
Arg1:	*trace* -> Stocks
Arg2-DIR:	out of windows
ArgM:	at any price

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


boring example (-)
He already has achieved vertical integration on a limited scale: Quebecor can put a weekly newspaper on almost any Quebec doorstep without using outside help, from chopping down the tree to making the newsprint to *trace* pitching it up onto the porch.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Quebecor
REL:	pitching
Arg1:	it
Arg2-up:	onto the porch

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


pitching as advertising (-)
But now, Charlie Brown is about *trace* to start *trace* pitching everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Charlie Brown
REL:	pitching
Arg1:	everything from Chex Party Mix to light bulbs

Roleset pitch.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "set a musical tone":

Roles:

Arg0:setter of tone, agent


Arg1:tone


Arg2:value

Examples:

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


almost adjectival (-)
It isn't every day that we hear a Violetta who can sing the first act's high-flying music with all the little notes perfectly pitched *trace* and neatly stitched together.
ArgM-MNR:	perfectly
REL:	pitched
Arg1:	*trace* -> all the little notes

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


more args (-)
John pitches his voice as low as possible in order to attract babes.
Arg0:	John
REL:	pitches
Arg1:	his voice
Arg2:	as low as possible
Argm-PNC:	in order to attract babes

Verbal usage of this sense is vanishingly rare.

Roleset pitch.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "advertise in strongly positive terms":

Roles:

Arg0:advertiser, agent


Arg1:thing touted


Arg2:attribute of arg1


Arg3:recipient

Examples:

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


sales pitch (-)
Using cinema, television and print ads, the company pitches Southern Comfort as a grand old drink of the antebellum American South.
Argm-MNR:	Using cinema, television and print ads
Arg0:	the company
REL:	pitches
Arg1:	Southern Comfort
Arg2-as:	a grand old drink of the antebellum American South

Roleset pitch.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "pitch in: cooperate":

Roles:

Arg0:cooperators

Examples:

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


let's work together (-)
``Everybody pretty much pitched in and cooperated,'' said Stan Perez, a sergeant with the California Highway Patrol.
Arg0:	Everybody
Argm-ADV:	pretty much
REL:	pitched in