Roleset press.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "apply pressure":

Roles:

Arg0:presser


Arg1:pressed (on)


Arg2:goal, pressed-for

Examples:

all args present (-)
For more than a decade, banks have been pressing Congress and banking regulators for expanded powers to act like securities firms in playing Wall Street's lucrative takeover game, from giving mergers advice all the way to selling and trading high-yield junk bonds.
ArgM-TMP:	For more than a decade
Arg0:	banks
REL:	pressing
Arg1:	Congress and banking regulators
Arg2-for:	expanded powers to act like securities firms in playing Wall Street's lucrative takeover game, from giving mergers advice all the way to selling and trading high-yield junk bonds




unstated goal (-)
John presses flowers in his textbooks.
Arg0:	John
REL:	presses
Arg1:	flowers
ArgM-LOC:	in his textbooks




unstated thing pressed (-)
But Ford, Jaguar's biggest shareholder since lifting its stake to 10.4% this week, is pressing harder for talks with Sir John.
ArgM-DIS:	But
Arg0:	Ford, Jaguar's biggest shareholder since lifting its stake to 10.4% this week
REL:	pressing
ArgM-MNR:	harder
Arg2-for:	talks with Sir John

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


idiomatic: hard pressed (-)
The House has already voted for a deep cut in funding, and in the end the program's backers will be hard pressed [*] to head off some reduction in spending next year.
Argm-TMP:	in the end
Arg1:	the program's backers
Argm-MOD:	will
Argm-ADV:	hard
REL:	pressed
Arg2:	[*] to head off some reduction in spending next year

Roleset press.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "move":

Roles:

Arg0:mover


Arg1:moved


Argm-DIR:ahead, usually

Examples:

all args present (-)
But the pilots union, which has been pushing for a takeover since 1987, appears *trace* to be pressing ahead with the revised bid to avoid further loss of momentum even though it hasn't found a partner to replace British Air.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the pilots union, which has been pushing for a takeover since 1987
REL:	pressing
ArgM-DIR:	ahead
Arg1-with:	the revised bid
ArgM-PNC:	to avoid further loss of momentum
ArgM:	even though it hasn't found a partner to replace British Air