Roleset cede.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "give graciously":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:gift


Arg2:recipient

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: both voice: active form: participle


pretty simple, really (-)
Both Coors and Stroh have recently been ceding market share to Miller and Anheuser.
Arg0:	Both Coors and Stroh
ArgM-TMP:	recently
REL:	ceding
Arg1:	market share
Arg2-to:	Miller and Anheuser

To my ear, this cannot take the double object construction (*"John ceded Mary his dessert.")