Roleset register.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "measure":

Roles:

Arg0:measurer


Arg1:thing measured


Arg2:yardstick, standard of measurement


Arg3:measurement

Examples:

Could also be ergative instead of passive: "John's reading ability registered at the fifth-grade level."

with measurement (-)
John's reading ability was registered at the fifth-grade level.
REL:	registered
Arg1:	*trace* -> John's reading ability
Arg3-at:	the fifth-grade level.

I rather doubt agents and yardsticks will appear in this sense.

Roleset register.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "official record":

Roles:

Arg0:entity registering


Arg1:thing registered


Arg2:registered with or for


Arg3:secondary predication

Examples:

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


all args, odd order (-)
HEALTHDYNE Inc., Atlanta, said its subsidiary, Home Nutritional Services Inc., registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission an initial public offering of four million shares of common.
Arg0:	its subsidiary, Home Nutritional Services Inc. ,
REL:	registered
Arg2-with:	the Securities and Exchange Commission
Arg1:	an initial public offering of four million shares of common

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Could also be read as the 'measure' sense.

unmentioned arg2 (-)
Excluding the gain, the company registered a modest 4.6% increase for the quarter ended Sept. 29 to $113 million, or 87 cents a share, from the year-earlier $107.9 million, or 84 cents a share.
ArgM:	Excluding the gain
Arg0:	the company
REL:	registered
Arg1:	a modest 4.6% increase for the quarter ended Sept. 29 to $113 million, or 87 cents a share, from the year-earlier $107.9 million, or 84 cents a share

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


university phenomenon (-)
John registered for classes.
Arg0:	John
REL:	registered
Arg2-for:	classes

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


another marginal example (-)
John registered with the Selective Service Administration.
Arg0:	John
REL:	registered
Arg2-with:	the Selective Service Administration

In both the last two examples there's an unstated "himself" in the Arg1 position. person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


(-)
The number of people registered [*] as jobless at the end of October declined by 900 from September to 78,600.
REL:	registered
Arg1:	[*] -> The number of people
Arg3-as:	jobless
Argm-TMP:	at the end of October