Frameset

Predicate acquire:

based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'gain' and 'buy'

Roleset acquire.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get, acquire":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity acquiring something

Arg1:thing acquired

Arg2:seller

Arg3:price paid

Arg4:benefactive

Examples:

(un-named example) (-)
`New England Electric will acquire PS of New Hampshire.`
Arg0:	New England Electric
REL:	acquire
Arg1:	PS of New Hampshire.

(un-named example) (-)
Its Moleculon affiliate acquired Kalipharma Inc for $23 million.

Arg0: Its Moleculon affiliate

REL: acquired

Arg1: Kalipharma Inc

Arg3-for: for $23 million.

(un-named example) (-)
`Its Moleculon affiliate acquired Kalipharma Inc for $23 million.`
Arg0:	Its Moleculon affiliate
REL:	acquired
Arg1:	Kalipharma Inc
Arg3-for:	for $23 million.