Roleset punish.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to subject to a penalty for an offense":

Roles:

Arg0:punisher, agent


Arg1:person punished


Arg2:punished for

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


all arguments (-)
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau is suing the Writers Guild of America East for $ 11 million [*U*] , [*-1] alleging [0] it mounted a `` campaign [*] to harass and punish '' him for [*] crossing a screenwriters ' picket line .
Arg0:	[*] -> it
REL:	punish
Arg1:	him
Arg2-for:	[*] crossing a screenwriters ' picket line

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


arbitrary subject (-)
The officials said [0] the meeting agreed [*-3] to continue [*-2] working toward [*-4] `` streamlining '' Cocom 's restricted products list , and to improve procedures for [*] punishing companies that [*T*-1] do n't comply with the export restrictions .
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	punishing
Arg1:	companies that [*T*-1] do n't comply with the export restrictions

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


passive (-)
Foreigners involved [*] in prostitution will be punished [*-2] according to the law , and those with sexually transmitted diseases will be expelled [*-1] from the country , according to the regulations .
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	punished
Arg1:	[*-2] -> Foreigners involved [*] in prostitution
ArgM-MNR:	according to the law