Roleset tend.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "care for":

Roles:

Arg0:tender


Arg1:thing tended (to)

Examples:

object as NP (-)
John tends bar in a dive downtown.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tends
Arg1:	bar
Argm-LOC:	in a dive downtown




more commonly as PP (-)
John tends to the needs of his patrons.
Arg0:	John
REL:	tends
Arg1-to:	the needs of his patrons

Roleset tend.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "have a tendency":

Roles:

Arg1:theme


Arg2:attribute

Examples:

very typical usage (-)
The cost, or premium, tends to get fat in times of crisis.
Arg1:	The cost, or premium,
REL:	tends
Arg2:	to get fat in times of crisis

This really should be treated as a modal verb, almost, but we'll treat it instead like 'seem' et al.