Roleset imprison.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "throw in jail":

Roles:

Arg0:court, judge, jury


Arg1:criminal


Arg2:term


Arg3:cause, misdeed

Examples:

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


active transitive (-)
And in a case filed in federal court in August, a lawyer is arguing that Missouri authorities are wrongfully imprisoning the fetus of a pregnant woman who is in jail for theft and forgery.
Arg0:	Missouri authorities
ArgM-MNR:	wrongfully
REL:	imprisoning
Arg1:	the fetus of a pregnant woman who is in jail for theft and forgery

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive transitive (-)
In the port of Berbera, for example, hundreds of men of the rival Issak clan were rounded up in May 1988, imprisoned [*-2], and then taken out at night in groups of five to 50 men to be executed without any judicial process whatsoever.
ArgM-LOC:	In the port of Berbera
ArgM-DIS:	for example
REL:	imprisoned
Arg1:	[*-2] -> hundreds of men of the rival Issak clan

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with term (-)
If convicted, he could be imprisoned [*-1] for up to 10 years and fined $250,000.
ArgM-ADV:	If convicted
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	imprisoned
Arg1:	[*-1] -> he
Arg2-for:	up to 10 years

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with crime (-)
[*-2] Imprisoned [*-3] by the Nazis during World War II for his political beliefs, Mr. Honecker typified the postwar generation of committed Communist leaders in Eastern Europe who took their cues from Moscow.
REL:	Imprisoned
Arg0-by:	the Nazis
ArgM-TMP:	during World War II
Arg3-for:	his political beliefs
Arg1:	Mr. Honecker -> [*-3] -> [*-2]