Roleset beckon.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "summon, entice nearer":

Roles:

Arg0:summoner


Arg1:summoned, distant entity

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
The great world beyond beckons.
Arg0:	The great world beyond
REL:	beckons

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


prepositional (-)
With a lordly and generous gesture, the discoverer stood up and beckoned to the closest of his fellows.
Argm-MNR:	With a lordly and generous gesture
Arg0:	the discoverer
REL:	beckoned
Arg1-to:	the closest of his fellows

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


direct object (-)
Now you go outside and beckon me when it's safe''.
Arg0:	you
REL:	beckon
Arg1:	me
Argm-TMP:	when it's safe

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
In fact, it was not until the King of Spain had visited at Pickfair that Mary and Doug were beckoned [*-2] to cross the sacred barriers which separate Los Angeles and Pasadena from the hoi-polloi.
Arg1:	[*-2] -> Mary and Doug
REL:	beckoned
Argm-PRP:	to cross the sacred barriers which separate Los Angeles and Pasadena from the hoi-polloi.