Roleset strain.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "injure":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity causing damage


Arg1:patient, entity experiencing hurt/damage

Examples:

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


physical hurt (-)
The harder he tried to push them into large piles, the closer he came to *trace* breaking the rake and straining his back.
Arg0:	*trace* -> he
REL:	straining
Arg1:	his back

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


metaphysical hurt (-)
The fight is putting a tight squeeze on profits of many, threatening to drive the smallest ones out of business and straining relations between the national fast-food chains and their franchisees.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The fight
REL:	straining
Arg1:	relations between the national fast-food chains and their franchisees

Could take an instrument?

Roleset strain.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "separate solids from liquid":

Roles:

Arg0:separator, filter, agent


Arg1:solids, thing removed


Arg2:liquid, source, removed-from

Examples:

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


solids and liquids still mixed (-)
The idea behind the Egg King is pretty simple: *trace* put the eggs into a cylinder that contains perforated baskets, spin them at a high speed to break the shells and strain the edible part through the baskets.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	strain
Arg1:	the edible part
ArgM-DIR:	through the baskets

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


separated args (-)
John strained the chunks out of his glass of expired milk before drinking it.
Arg0:	John
REL:	strained
Arg1:	the chunks
Arg2-out:	of his glass of expired milk
Argm-TMP:	before drinking it

EEEEEEWWWWWW!

Roleset strain.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "try hard":

Roles:

Arg0:Agent/Entity Trying


Arg1:thing tried

Examples:

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


work it, baby! (-)
And, since the public has always been fascinated by gossip and voyeurism, reporters and editors will strain for creative angles to justify the inclusion of collateral facts about private lives including sexual activities and domestic relationships, activities of family members, and all matters about mental and physical health.
ArgM-DIS:	And
ArgM-CAU:	since the public has always been fascinated by gossip and voyeurism
Arg0:	reporters and editors
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	strain
Arg1-for:	creative angles
ArgM-PNC:	to justify the inclusion of collateral facts about private lives including sexual activities and domestic relationships, activities of family members, and all matters about mental and physical health

Roleset strain.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "adjectival: hurting":

Roles:

Arg1:thing hurting


Arg2:for what

Examples:

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


one arg (-)
Judge Kozinski found the derivation entirely strained *trace* and writes that ``for an academic to refer to himself as an intellectual gigolo is ... a devastating admission of professional dishonesty.''
ArgM-ADV:	entirely
REL:	strained
Arg1:	*trace* -> the derivation

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


both args (-)
Intel makes semiconductors and Campeau operates department-store chains and is strained for cash.
Arg1:	Campeau
REL:	strained
Arg2-for:	cash

This usage hurts me.