Roleset scrap.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "discard, throw away":

Roles:

Arg0:scrapper


Arg1:garbage

Examples:

passivized (-)
...if Mr. Cray leaves or if the product-design project he heads is scrapped *trace*.
Arg1:	*trace*=the product-design project he heads
REL:	scrapped




active (-)
The company yesterday also said it was scrapping one of its major new products, a 760-megabyte drive.
Arg0:	it
REL:	scrapping
Arg1:	one of its major new products, a 760-megabyte drive.

Ah, technological progess....You might also expect to see a for-clause (eg "scrapped the 760-Mb drive for a larger 1-Gb drive"); that would be a purpose (-PNC) clause.

Roleset scrap.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "fight":

Roles:

Arg0:one fighter


Arg1:the other

Examples:

ethnic unrest (-)
And hardly surprising, many residents trying to cope with the city's other problems are constantly on edge, one ethnic group scrapping with another.
Arg0:	one ethnic group
REL:	scrapping
Arg1-with:	another

Cool.