Roleset shell.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "remove shells from":

Roles:

Arg0:sheller


Arg1:thing that used to have a shell

Examples:

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


and it didn't even appear (-)
John shelled peanuts in Mary's bed.
Arg0:	John
REL:	shelled
Arg1:	peanuts
Argm-LOC:	in Mary's bed

Roleset shell.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "bomb":

Roles:

Arg0:sheller


Arg1:target


Arg2:explicit mention of bombs, shells

Examples:

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


boom (-)
The rebels also reportedly tightened a blockade on roads leading to the capital, and government forces shelled a guerrilla-held area in western Afghanistan.
Arg0:	government forces
REL:	shelled
Arg1:	a guerrilla-held area in western Afghanistan

Dunno about explicit use of bomb; sounds right for 'bomb' but not for 'shell.'

Roleset shell.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "pay":

Roles:

Arg0:payer or buyer


Arg1:money


Arg2:seller or person being paid


Arg3:thing bought or paid for

Examples:

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


with recipient (-)
Johnstown attorney Richard J. Green Jr. shelled out $500 in loans to the judge over five years, he said in testimony to the grand jury.
Arg0:	Johnstown attorney Richard J. Green Jr.
REL:	[ shelled] [ out]
Arg1:	$500 in loans
Arg2-to:	the judge
ArgM-TMP:	over five years

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


with commodity (-)
And he isn't the only big spender: NBC will pay a record $401 million for the 1992 Summer Games, and ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital Cities/ABC, will shell out $400 million for four years of baseball, airing 175 regular-season games a year.
Arg0:	ESPN, 80%-owned by Capital Cities/ABC,
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	[ shell] [ out]
Arg1:	$400 million
Arg3-for:	four years of baseball
ArgM-ADV:	airing 175 regular-season games a year

Args 1 and 3 reversed from 'pay'.