Roleset read.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "read":

Roles:

Arg0:reader


Arg1:book


Arg2:benefactive or direction


Arg3:text, content

Examples:

prototypical reading (-)
``I've read Balzac,'' he answers critics.
Arg0:	I
REL:	read
Arg1:	Balzac




not quite a book (-)
A fund manager at a life-insurance company said three factors make it difficult *trace* to read market direction.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	read
Arg1:	market direction




with direction (-)
``My belief is always, if you've got a settlement, you read it into the record.'' says Judge Jenkins, now known in his courthouse as ``Shake 'Em Down Jenkins.''
ArgM-ADV:	if you've got a settlement
Arg0:	you
REL:	read
Arg1:	it
Arg2-into:	the record




with benefactive (-)
John reads to his children every night.
Arg0:	John
REL:	reads
Arg2-to:	his children
Argm-TMP:	every night

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


book and text (-)
``Due to health reasons, Lt. Col. Noriega has elected to postpone his visit to Washington,'' it read *trace*.
Arg1:	it
REL:	read
Arg3:	*trace* -> Due to health reasons, Lt. Col. Noriega has elected to postpone his visit to Washington

"It" is obviously not doing the reading, nor is it being read to. Instead, someone is reading "it" (the message?) and the content is the bit in quotes.