Predicate: offer
Roleset id: offer.01 , transaction, vncls: 13.3 29.2
Roles:
Arg0: entity offering
Arg1: commodity
Arg2: price
Arg3: benefactive or entity offered to
Example: ditransitive
A solicitous Christian chauffeur offers the hero God's phone number.
Arg0 : A solicitous Christian chauffeur
Rel : offers
Arg3 : the hero
Arg1 : God's phone number
Example: PP benefactive
A solicitous Christian chauffeur offers God's phone number to the hero.
Arg0 : A solicitous Christian chauffeur
Rel : offers
Arg1 : God's phone number
Arg3 : to the hero
Example: cash as direct object
Temple offered $50 million for Sea Containers
Arg0 : Temple
Rel : offered
Arg2 : $50 million
Arg1 : for Sea Containers
Example: commodity as direct object
Coche-Dury offered its 1987 Corton-Charlemagne for $155.
Arg0 : Coche-Dury
Rel : offered
Arg1 : its 1987 Corton-Charlemagne
Arg2 : for $155
Example: for-phrase as price
The company offers a word-processing package for $100.
Arg0 : The company
Rel : offers
Arg1 : a word-processing package
Arg2 : for $100
Example: for-phrase included in commodity
The company offers a word-processing package for personal computers.
Arg0 : The company
Rel : offers
Arg1 : a word-processing package for personal computers
Example: arg1 as infinitive
New England Electric offered $2 billion to acquire PS of New Hampshire.
Arg0 : New England Electric
Rel : offered
Arg2 : $2 billion
Arg1 : to acquire PS of New Hampshire
Example: contrasting with above
New England Electric offered $2 billion for PS of New Hampshire.
Arg0 : New England Electric
Rel : offered
Arg2 : $2 billion
Arg1 : for PS of New Hampshire
Example: another arg1 as infinitive
Fujitsu essentially offered *trace* to do it for free.
Arg0 : Fujitsu
ArgM-ADV : essentially
Rel : offered
Arg1 : *trace* to do it for free.
Example: benefactive direct object
John offered Mary to rub her shoulders
Arg0 : John
Rel : offered
Arg3 : Mary
Arg1 : to rub her shoulders