Roleset shove.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "push harshly":

Roles:

Arg0:pusher


Arg1:thing pushed


Arg2:direction

Examples:

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


arg2 as direction (-)
And the majority of Members cynically view the current discrediting of HUD as mainly a chance *trace* to shove through their own slate of projects.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the majority of Members
REL:	shove
Arg2-DIR:	through
Arg1:	their own slate of projects

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


prepositional direction (-)
Alfred Harrison, the manager, shoves Mr. Straszheim's handout back at him: ``Do we want to go through this?
Arg0:	Alfred Harrison, the manager,
REL:	shoves
Arg1:	Mr. Straszheim's handout
ArgM-DIR:	back
Arg2-at:	him

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


another prep direction (-)
That could shove a weak economy into recession.
Arg0:	That
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	shove
Arg1:	a weak economy
Arg2-into:	recession

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


and another (-)
The state quit *trace* shoving peasants onto its subsidized farms over 30 years ago.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The state
REL:	shoving
Arg1:	peasants
Arg2-onto:	its subsidized farms

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


no direction (-)
Mary shoved John.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	shoved
Arg1:	John

Preposition and/or directional particle/adverb gives details of motion and/or final placement.