Roleset expect.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "look forward to, anticipate":

Roles:

Arg0:expecter


Arg1:thing expected

Examples:

nominal arg1 (-)
Portfolio managers expect further declines in interest rates.
Arg0:	Portfolio managers
REL:	expect
Arg1:	further declines in interest rates




sentential arg1 (-)
The company expects *trace* to obtain regulatory approval.
Arg0:	The company
REL:	expects
Arg1:	*trace*=company to obtain regulatory approval




passivised (-)
Regulatory approval is expected soon by everyone
Arg1:	Regulatory approval
REL:	is expected
ArgM-TMP:	soon
Arg0-by:	everyone


What is expected is the Senate's acting; thus, the syntactic movement is undone in the argument structure.

passivised with extraction (-)
The Senate isn't expected *trace* to act until next week.
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	expected
Arg1:	[The Senate] [*trace* to act until next week]


traces don't connect to anything

discourse-connective (-)
As *trace* expected *trace*, John said something stupid again.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	expected
Arg1:	*trace*