Roleset extract.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to remove or obtain":

Roles:

Arg0:remover, agent


Arg1:thing extracted


Arg2:entity extracted from

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


transitive (-)
Bond investors paid close attention to comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan , who [*T*-1] was testifying before a congressional hearing , but were n't able [*-2] to extract many clues about the future course of the Fed 's monetary policy .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Bond investors
REL:	extract
Arg1:	many clues about the future course of the Fed 's monetary policy

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


all arguments (-)
But above all , this is the national headquarters for boiler-room operators , those slick-talking snake-oil salesmen who [*T*-1] use the telephone [*-2] to extract money from the gullible and the greedy and then vanish .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*T*-1] -> who -> those slick-talking snake-oil salesmen
REL:	extract
Arg1:	money
Arg2-from:	the gullible and the greedy