Predicate: step
Roleset id: step.01 , ability/modified, vncls:
Roles:
Arg0: agent
Arg1: theme/action
Arg2: direction
Example: autogen1
Steve Jobs took a step back from the frontier of
personal-computer technology in an effort to spur sales of Next
Inc. 's new machine .
Arg0 : Steve Jobs
ArgSupport : took
Rel : step
Arg2 : back
Arg1 : from the frontier of personal-computer technology
Example: autogen2
their first steps into American publishing
Arg0 : their
Rel : steps
Arg1 : into American publishing
Roleset id: step.02 , meronym/partitive-part, vncls:
Roles:
Arg1: whole
Example: autogen1
the pit 's top step
Arg1 : the pit 's
Rel : step
Example: autogen2
the Capitol steps
Arg1 : Capitol
Rel : steps
Roleset id: step.03 , compatible, vncls:
Roles:
Arg1: theme
Arg2: standard
Example: autogen1
he is out of step with the consensus of world intellectuals that
the Namibian guerrillas were above all else the victims of
suppression by neighboring South Africa
Arg1 : he
ArgM-NEG : out of
Rel : step
Arg2 :
with the consensus of world intellectuals that the Namibian
guerrillas were above all else the victims of suppression by
neighboring South Africa
Example: autogen2
late Friday afternoon the CBOE halted stock-index options trading
in step with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange 's halt in
stock-index futures
Arg1 : the CBOE halted stock-index options trading
Rel : step
Arg2 :
with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange 's halt in stock-index
futures
Roleset id: step.04 , partitive-quant, vncls:
Roles:
Arg1: quantified
Arg3: secondary-theme
Example: autogen1
only a few steps from the very top of the stands
Rel : steps
Arg1 : from the very top of the stands
Example: autogen2
At one point , the reader is two steps ahead of Marlowe in
catching on to a double identity scam
Rel : steps
Arg1 : ahead of Marlowe