Roleset tack.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "attach with a tack":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity doing the tacking


Arg1:patient, thing(s) being tacked


Arg2:instrument, string, tack

Examples:

the one example (-)
The release of MiniScribe's new balance sheet came one day after it introduced its new line of one-inch disk drives, on which it is tacking much of its hope for survival *trace*.
Arg0:	it
REL:	tacking
Arg1:	much of its hope for survival
Arg1:	*trace* -> on which -> one-inch disk drives




ouch (-)
John tacked his heart to his sleeve.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tacked
Arg1:	his heart
Arg1-to:	his sleeve

Roleset tack.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "turn a boat":

Roles:

Arg0:sailor


Arg1:boat

Examples:

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


ahoy matey! (-)
John tacked his boat into the wind.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tacked
Arg1:	his boat
Argm-DIR:	into the wind

Roleset tack.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "attach to a surface with tacks":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of attachment, agent


Arg1:thing tacked down

Examples:

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


misparsed passive (-)
Mr. Trotter's painting showed a wall of wood boards with painted ribbons tacked down in a rectangle; tucked behind the ribbons were envelopes, folded faded and crumpled papers and currency.
Arg1:	painted ribbons
REL:	tacked down
Argm-MNR:	in a rectangle

Roleset tack.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "rise":

Roles:

Arg1:thing rising


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

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


naturally, in the financial subcorpus (-)
Digital Equipment tacked on 1 1/8 to 89 1/8, and Hewlett-Packard fell 3/8 to 49 3/8.
Arg1:	Digital Equipment
REL:	[ tacked] [ on]
Arg2-EXT:	1 1/8
Arg4-to:	89 1/8