Roleset inherit.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get from predecessor":

Roles:

Arg0:inheritor


Arg1:inheritance


Arg2:predecessor

Examples:

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


no predecessor (-)
Taking over as chief executive officer in 1983, he inherited a company that was mired in debt and hurt by a recession-inspired slide in its building-products business.
ArgM-ADV:	Taking over as chief executive officer in 1983
Arg0:	he
REL:	inherited
Arg1:	a company that was mired in debt and hurt by a recession-inspired slide in its building-products business

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


all args (-)
Dr. Knudson found that some children with the eye cancer had inherited a damaged copy of chromosome No. 13 from a parent who had had the disease.
Arg0:	some children with the eye cancer
REL:	inherited
Arg1:	a damaged copy of chromosome No. 13
Arg2-from:	a parent who had had the disease

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


passive (-)
Like all genes, tumor-suppressor genes are inherited *trace* in two copies, one from each parent.
ArgM-ADV:	Like all genes
REL:	inherited
Arg1:	*trace* -> tumor-suppressor genes
ArgM-MNR:	in two copies, one from each parent