Roleset claim.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "assert":

Roles:

Arg0:claimer, asserter


Arg1:thing claimed, asserted


Arg2:benefactive, claimed/asserted for

Examples:

arg1 as infinitive (-)
That represents a very thin ``excess'' return, certainly far less than what most fundamental stock pickers claim *trace* to seek as their performance objective.
Arg0:	most fundamental stock pickers
REL:	claim
Arg1:	*trace* to seek as their performance objective




arg1 as full sentence (-)
Some even claim the group has become a lagging, not leading, indicator.
Arg0:	Some
ArgM-DIS:	even
REL:	claim
Arg1:	the group has become a lagging, not leading, indicator

As usual, discard the complementizer "that" in this type of construction


arg1 as NP (-)
A shareholders' accord would provide the first restitution to thousands of individuals and institutions claiming losses as a result of insider trading by Boesky & Co., once the largest arbitrage fund in the U.S..
Arg0:	individuals and institutions
REL:	claiming
Arg1:	losses as a result of insider trading by Boesky & Co., once the largest arbitrage fund in the U.S.




passive extraction (-)
DD Acquisition has launched a suit in a Delaware court seeking the withdrawal of Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans, which it claims *trace* were put in place to deter bidders.
Arg1:	which -> Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans
Arg0:	it
REL:	claims
Arg1-STR:	*trace* were put in place to deter bidders

Roleset claim.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "seize":

Roles:

Arg0:claim staker


Arg1:property


Arg2:beneficiary

Examples:

made up (-)
Cortez claimed the new territory for Queen Anna
Arg0:	Cortez
REL:	claim
Arg1:	the new territory
Arg2-for:	Queen Anna