Roleset prune.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove branches":

Roles:

Arg0:remover, agent


Arg1:branches


Arg2:whole plant


Arg3:instrument, pruning shears

Examples:

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


usual usage (-)
``We aren't inclined [*-1] to prune stock portfolios now,'' says Steven G. Einhorn, chairman of the investment policy committee of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> We
REL:	prune
Arg2:	stock portfolios
ArgM-TMP:	now

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


with branches (-)
John pruned all the blooming flowers off the rose bush, leaving only the deadheads.
Arg0:	John
REL:	pruned
Arg1:	all the blooming flowers
Arg2-off:	the rose bush
Argm-ADV:	leaving on the deadheads

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


with instrument (-)
John pruned the rosebushes with a chainsaw.
Arg0:	John
REL:	pruned
Arg2:	the rosebushes
Arg3-with:	a chainsaw