Roleset act.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "play a role":

Roles:

Arg0:player


Arg1:role

Examples:

typical usage (-)
First National Bank of Chicago will act as trustee...
Arg0:	First National Bank of Chicago
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	act
Arg1-as:	trustee

Also see "act like".

Roleset act.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "do something":

Roles:

Arg0:actor


Arg1:grounds for action

Examples:

with grounds (-)
Mr. Rifenburgh said the board still hasn't acted on most of the internal report's recommendations...
Arg0:	the board
ArgM-TMP:	still
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	acted
Arg1-on:	most of the internal report's recommendations




no grounds (-)
``They always listened, but they never acted,'' Mr. Guber says.
Arg0:	they
ArgM-TMP:	never
REL:	acted