Roleset franchise.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "sell a representative example of a chain":

Roles:

Arg0:franchiser


Arg1:example of chain


Arg2:franchisee

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


no franchisee (-)
Rally's operates and franchises about 160 fast-food restaurants throughout the U.S.
Arg0:	Rally 's
REL:	franchises
Arg1:	about 160 fast-food restaurants throughout the U.S.

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


with franchisee (-)
John franchised his highly lucrative dissertation-shredding business to hordes of hungry undergraduates.
Arg0:	John
REL:	franchised
Arg1:	his highly lucrative dissertation-shredding business
Arg2-to:	hordes of hungry undergraduates

I have a vague intuition that there's also a 'buy a franchise' sense, but I'll wait until an example shows up.