Roleset organize.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make organized":

Roles:

Arg0:organizer


Arg1:thing organized


Arg2:previous state


Arg3:benefactive


Arg4:end state

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
Arg0:	Several Big Board firms
REL:	organizing
ArgM-PNC:	to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


transitive (-)
Mr. Fournier said that as Navigation Mixte chairman, he is prohibited by takeover regulations from *trace* organizing his own defense or doing anything besides managing current company business.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> he
REL:	organizing
Arg1:	his own defense

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


one kind of end state (-)
The figures exclude businesses now organized *trace* as American Express Information Services Co.
ArgM-TMP:	now
REL:	organized
Arg1:	*trace* -> businesses
Arg4-as:	American Express Information Services Co

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


clearer start and end states (-)
John organized his desk from a full-blown disaster area into a tidy collection of piles.
Arg0:	John
REL:	organized
Arg1:	his desk
Arg2-from:	a full-blown disaster area
Arg4-into:	a tidy collection of piles