Roleset deny.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "turn down, reject":

Roles:

Arg0:denier


Arg1:thing denied


Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

transitive, no benefactive (-)
Earlier this year, the Fed denied an application by Continental Bank Corp. to purchase Grand Canyon State Bank in Scottsdale, Ariz., on grounds that Continental hadn't fully complied with the Community Reinvestment Act.
ArgM-TMP:	Earlier this year
Arg0:	the Fed
REL:	denied
Arg1:	an application by Continental Bank Corp. to purchase Grand Canyon State Bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.
ArgM-CAU:	on grounds that Continental hadn't fully complied with the Community Reinvestment Act




deny an S (-)
But in affidavits filed yesterday in the Los Angeles court, Mr. Ross, Warner Bros. Chairman Robert Daly and President Semel deny that such an oral agreement was ever made.
ArgM-LOC:	in affidavits filed yesterday in the Los Angeles court
Arg0:	Mr. Ross , Warner Bros. Chairman Robert Daly and President Semel
REL:	deny
Arg1:	such an oral agreement was ever made

Note again that the complementizer "that" is excluded from the Arg1.


with benefactive (-)
Mary denied John a kiss.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	denied
Arg2:	John
Arg1:	a kiss