Roleset salvage.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to save or rescue":

Roles:

Arg0:saver, salvager


Arg1:entity salvaged


Arg2:entity salvaged from

Examples:

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


passive (-)
Ms. Johnson tells them that , if the appliances ca n't be salvaged [*-1] , their policy covers the replacement cost .
ArgM-MOD:	ca
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	salvaged
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the appliances

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


transitive (-)
[*-1] Noting that Sweden wound up [*-2] wasting state subsidies of about 35 billion Swedish kronor ( $ 5.47 billion [*U*] ) during the 1970s in a vain attempt [*] to salvage its shipbuilding industry , one analyst suggested that Mr. Suominen may have decided [*-3] to cut Finland 's losses once and for all .
Arg0:	[*] -> [*-2] -> Sweden
REL:	salvage
Arg1:	its shipbuilding industry

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


all arguments (-)
Majority Whip William Gray owes a political debt to Southern agriculture lawmakers for his rise in the House , and the Philadelphia Democrat used his position in the conference [*-1] to salvage the exemption from a total ban .
Arg0:	[*-1] -> the Philadelphia Democrat
REL:	salvage
Arg1:	the exemption
Arg2-from:	a total ban