Roleset donate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "give":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:thing given


Arg2:entity given to

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


all args (-)
The company's U.S. subsidiary, Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, had donated over $35,000 worth of Matsushita-made flashlights and batteries to residents shortly after the disaster, a company spokesman said.
Arg0:	The company's U.S. subsidiary, Matsushita Electric Corp. of America,
REL:	donated
Arg1:	over $35,000 worth of Matsushita-made flashlights and batteries
Arg2-to:	residents
ArgM-TMP:	shortly after the disaster

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


unstated recipient (-)
Sumitomo Bank donated $500,000, Tokyo prefecture $15,000 and the city of Osaka $10,000.
Arg0:	Sumitomo Bank
REL:	donated
Arg1:	$500,000

Also some nice gapping in that sentence. person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


unstated gift (-)
Then the two camps upped the ante: Reports that Chosen Soren had donated directly to JSP members were rapidly countered by statements that the South Korean residents' organization had long been donating directly to LDP members.
Arg0:	Chosen Soren
REL:	donated
ArgM-MNR:	directly
Arg2-to:	JSP members

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


only giver (-)
They say it's possible some of their members may be donating privately.
Arg0:	some of their members
ArgM-MOD:	may
REL:	donating
ArgM-MNR:	privately