Roleset stretch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "extend, lengthen":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity making something be longer


Arg1:patient, thing getting longer


Arg2:EXT or TMP, by how much or until when


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

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


with EXT (-)
The limits to legal absurdity stretched another notch this week.
Arg1:	The limits to legal absurdity
REL:	stretched
Arg2-EXT:	another notch
ArgM-TMP:	this week

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


transitive (-)
In the past year , both have tried [*-1] to stretch the limits of their businesses .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> both
REL:	stretch
Arg1:	the limits of their businesses

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


with temporal EXT (-)
Most are from independent producers instead of regulated utilities , and Westinghouse believes [0] it will ride a wave of demand stretching over the next six years .
Arg1:	a wave
REL:	stretching
Arg2-over:	the next six years

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


with start and end points (-)
Kingdom of Morocco -- $ 208 million [*U*] ( redemption amount ) of zero-coupon government trust certificates , with maturities stretching from May 15 , 1990 , to Nov. 15 , 1999 , priced [*] at yields ranging from 8.23 % to 8.43 % .
Arg1:	maturities
REL:	stretching
Arg3-from:	May 15 , 1990 ,
Arg4-to:	Nov. 15 , 1999 ,

Roleset stretch.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to extend to a greater or the full length":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of lengthening


Arg1:patient, thing getting longer

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
Whereas conventional securities financings are structured [*-3] to be sold [*-1] quickly , Wall Street 's new penchant for leveraged buy-outs and junk bonds is resulting in long-term lending commitments that [*T*-2] stretch out for months or years .
Arg1:	[*T*-2] -> that -> long-term lending commitments
REL:	[ stretch] [ out]
ArgM-TMP:	for months or years