Roleset root.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "base, justify":

Roles:

Arg0:justifier, agent (rarely seen)


Arg1:decision


Arg2:justification

Examples:

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


usually passive (-)
That's not to say that the nutty plot of ``A Wild Sheep Chase'' is rooted *trace* in reality.
REL:	rooted
Arg1:	*trace* -> the nutty plot of ``A Wild Sheep Chase''
Arg2-in:	reality

Roleset root.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "be an active fan":

Roles:

Arg0:fan


Arg1:rooted for

Examples:

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


how 'bout them Huskers? (-)
The only thing I'm rooting for *trace* is for the Series to go seven games,'' said David Williams, a Sacramento septuagenarian, at the Coliseum before Sunday's go.
Arg0:	I
REL:	rooting
Arg1-for:	*trace* -> the only thing

Roleset root.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "search for and remove":

Roles:

Arg0:searcher


Arg1:thing removed

Examples:

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


the one example (-)
Hector Castaneda Jimenez, chief prosecutor at the Attorney General's Office, said that an estimated $82.8 million in government property and unpaid taxes have been recovered in the campaign *trace* to root out official corruption.
Arg0:
REL:	[ root] [ out]
Arg1:	official corruption