Roleset sanction.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "approve":

Roles:

Arg0:approver, agent


Arg1:entity approved

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
`` Today is not the time [0] [*] to signal that Congress in any way sanctions the dismal state into which antitrust enforcement has fallen [*T*-3] [*T*-2] , '' Mr. Edwards argued [0] [*T*-1] .
Arg0:	Congress
ArgM-MNR:	in any way
REL:	sanctions
Arg1:	the dismal state into which antitrust enforcement has fallen [*T*-3]

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


passive (-)
Some forms of private property would be sanctioned [*-1] .
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	sanctioned
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Some forms of private property