Frameset

Predicate retain:

Frames file for 'retain' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison with 'keep'.

Roleset retain.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "keep":

Roles:

Arg0:Keeper

Arg1:thing kept

Arg3:attributive

Examples:

basic transitive (-)
`The British government retained the single golden share after selling its stake in Jaguar in...`
Arg0:	The British government
REL:	retained
Arg1:	the single golden share
ArgM-TMP:	after selling its stake in Jaguar in

with attributive (-)
The company also retained attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group, as an adviser.

Arg0: The company

ArgM-DIS: also

REL: retained

Arg1: attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group,

Arg3-as: an adviser

with attributive (-)
`The company also retained attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group, as an adviser.`
Arg0:	The company
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	retained
Arg1:	attorney Martin P. Levin, a director of the company and former head of the Times-Mirror Publishing Group,
Arg3-as:	an adviser

purpose clause (-)
The action followed by one day an Intelogic announcement that it will retain an investment banker to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company.

Arg0: it

ArgM-MOD: will

REL: retain

Arg1: an investment banker

ArgM-PNC: to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company

purpose clause (-)
The action followed by one day an Intelogic announcement that it will retain an investment banker to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company.
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	retain
Arg1:	an investment banker
ArgM-PNC:	to explore alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of the company

Purpose clauses show up in every concievable syntax; sometimes the purpose is part of the Arg1 NP, sometimes not. Sometimes they're connected in an S, sometimes as NP-PP, sometimes the NP is extracted from an S. Follow treebank's syntax and do the best you can. Sorry.