Roleset rip.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to tear apart":

Roles:

Arg0:ripper, agent


Arg1:entity ripped

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
As a result , the link between the futures and stock markets ripped apart .
ArgM-DIS:	As a result
Arg1:	the link between the futures and stock markets
REL:	ripped
ArgM-MNR:	apart

Roleset rip.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to move violently":

Roles:

Arg1:entity moving

Examples:

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


with direction (-)
The estimated earthquake losses are low compared with the $ 4 billion [*U*] in claims that insurers face [*T*-2] from Hurricane Hugo , which [*T*-1] ripped through the Caribbean and the Carolinas last month .
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> which -> Hurricane Hugo
REL:	ripped
ArgM-DIR:	through the Caribbean and the Carolinas

Roleset rip.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to tear apart":

Roles:

Arg0:ripper


Arg1:entity ripped out

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
`` I 've ripped out a lot of Delicious '' and grafted the trees with many different shoots , says [*T*-1] Steve Wood , a West Lebanon , N.H. , grower , [*-2] tramping through his 100-acre Poverty Lane Orchard on a crisp autumn day recently .
Arg0:	I
REL:	[ ripped] [ out]
Arg1:	a lot of Delicious

Roleset rip.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "to exploit, steal":

Roles:

Arg0:exploiter


Arg1:entity ripped off

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
She says [0] her group used [*-2] to give tips on [*] selecting planners -- [*] check educational and experience credentials , consult regulators and Better Business Bureaus -- but found that even some people who [*T*-1] took these steps `` were still getting ripped [*-3] off . ''
ArgM-TMP:	still
REL:	[ ripped] [ off]
Arg1:	[*-3] -> even some people who [*T*-1] took these steps