Roleset surmount.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) be atop":

Roles:

Arg0:cause, agent


Arg1:thing on top


Arg2:on top of what

Examples:

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


all args (-)
John surmounted his enormous ice cream sundae with fifteen maraschino cherries.
Arg0:	John
REL:	surmounted
Arg2:	his enormous ice cream sundae
Arg1-with:	fifteen maraschino cherries

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


more typically ergative (-)
Fifteen maraschino cherries surmounted John's enormous ice cream sundae.
Arg1:	Fifteen maraschino cherries
REL:	surmounted
Arg2:	John's enormous ice cream sundae

This is a marginal usage; much more common is the 'overcome' sense below (surmount.02).

Roleset surmount.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "overcome":

Roles:

Arg0:victorious one, agent


Arg1:challenge

Examples:

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


the one example (-)
Indeed, during a recent post-production audience discussion, the director explained that her fondest artistic wish was to find a way to play ``Somewhere Over the Rainbow'' so that the song's ``original beauty comes through,'' [*-1] surmounting the cliche.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> the song's ``original beauty
REL:	surmounting
Arg1:	the cliche