Roleset hire.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "initiate employment":

Roles:

Arg0:employer


Arg1:new employee


Arg2:job

Examples:

unstated job (-)
Corporations like Contel denounce program trading, yet Contel has in the past hired pension fund managers like Bankers Trust Co. that are also big program traders.
Arg0:	Contel
ArgM-TMP:	in the past
REL:	hired
Arg1:	pension fund managers like Bankers Trust Co. that are also big program traders




job as infinitive (-)
Price Stern Sloan Inc. said it hired an investment banking firm to assist in evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives and reported a net loss of $8.1 million, or $2.14 a share, for the third quarter ended Sept.
Arg0:	it
REL:	hired
Arg1:	an investment banking firm
Arg2:	to assist in evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives

WSJ prefers this construction, and Treebank is inconsistent in parsing it. In general, DO NOT include the *trace* subject of the embedded clause.


job as PP (-)
Mary hired John as a predicate-argument tagger.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	hired
Arg1:	John
Arg2-as:	a predicate-argument tagger