Roleset let.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "allow":

Roles:

Arg0:allower


Arg1:action allowed

Examples:

allowed S (-)
Sony won't let a young short-term American employee take on any responsibility.
Arg0:	Sony
Argm-MOD:	wo
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	let
Arg1:	a young short-term American employee take on any responsibility.




allowed NP, really a shortening of allowed S (-)
They wanted to roll the dice and we're going *trace* to let them.
Arg0:	*trace*=we
REL:	let
Arg1:	them

DO NOT TAG this discourse-level "let alone" (John can't remember his own name, let alone anyone else's).

Roleset let.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "give an indication":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:getter


Arg2:indication

Examples:

typical usage (-)
The CIA was more interested than they let on to Mr. Stoll.
Arg0:	they
REL:	let on
Arg1-to:	Mr. Stoll




with explicit indication (-)
John never let on to Mary that he was secretly a Martian.
Arg0:	John
Argm-TMP:	never
REL:	let on
Arg1-to:	Mary
Arg2:	that he was secretly a Martian

Roleset let.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "not be so harsh anymore":

Roles:

Arg0:let uper


Arg1:with respect to what?

Examples:

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


take it easy, already (-)
Ms. Browning says she believes a recapitalization involving employee ownership would succeed only if the pilots let up on their demand for control.
Arg0:	the pilots
REL:	let up
Arg1-on:	their demand for control

cf 'relent'