Roleset wield.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "hold, brandish":

Roles:

Arg0:holder


Arg1:thing held


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:secondary attribute of thing held

Examples:

transitive (-)
...of the power that Dorrance family members intend *trace* to wield *trace* in reshaping the troubled food company.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Dorrance family members
REL:	wield
Arg1:	*trace* -> that -> the power
ArgM-TMP:	in reshaping the troubled food company




with attribute (-)
John wielded the willow branch as a make-believe sword.
Arg0:	John
REL:	wielded
Arg1:	the willow branch
Arg3-as:	a make-believe sword

I doubt the benefactive will appear, but I've been wrong before.