Roleset save.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "financial sense":

Roles:

Arg0:entity saving money


Arg1:money


Arg2:beneficiary


Arg3:cause, reason

Examples:

transitive (-)
Unisys said that should help it save $500 million a year in costs, again at the high end of the previously reported range of $400 million to $500 million.
Arg0:	it
REL:	save
Arg1:	$500 million a year in costs, again at the high end of the previously reported range of $400 million to $500 million




with reason (-)
In following several other oil and gas partnerships that have made the conversion to a corporation in the last year, NRM also noted that tax advantages for partnerships have diminished under new tax laws and said it would save $2 million a year in administrative costs from the change.
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	save
Arg1:	$2 million a year in administrative costs
Arg3:	the change

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


cause as subject (-)
Not drinking coffee saves John three trips to the bathroom every morning.
Arg3:	Not drinking coffee
REL:	saves
Arg2:	John
Arg1:	three trips to the bathroom every morning




with causal agent (-)
The combined effect of these changes is expected *trace* to save the company about $4 million in interest expenses next year, or six cents a share.
Arg3:	*trace* -> The combined effect of these changes
REL:	save
Arg0:	the company
Arg1:	about $ 4 million in interest expenses
ArgM-TMP:	next year
ArgM:	or six cents a share

Roleset save.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "desperate peril sense":

Roles:

Arg0:hero


Arg1:victim


Arg2:peril

Examples:

just transitive (-)
Some of the money will go to the Chico Mendes Foundation, but it isn't earmarked for groups trying *trace* to save the rain forest.
Arg0:	*trace* -> groups
REL:	save
Arg1:	the rain forest




with peril (-)
The purpose of the note is to provide added capital for the spun-off company in a form that *trace* will save it spending cash on immediate interest payments, Mr. Roulac said.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> a form
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	save
Arg1:	it
Arg2:	spending cash on immediate interest payments

Following Treebank, I read this as "save it FROM spending cash...".

Roleset save.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "collect, accrue":

Roles:

Arg0:collector


Arg1:thing saved, collected


Arg2:purpose

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
And they can further reduce the monthly amount if they start saving earlier -- when mother and child come home from the hospital.
Arg0:	they
REL:	saving
Argm-TMP:	earlier -- when mother and child come home from the hospital

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


all args, many anaphora (-)
When the motorist returned to his car he could turn the card off and, if it showed time remaining, save it for later.
Arg0:	he
Argm-MOD:	could
REL:	save
Arg1:	it
Arg2-for:	for later

This sense and save.02 (desperate peril) lead to the wonderful pun: "Save the whales--collect a complete set!"

Roleset save.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "collect, accrue (phrasal variant)":

Roles:

Arg0:collector


Arg1:thing saved, collected


Arg2:purpose

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
``We're not asking them [*-1] to save up 50 proof-of-purchases.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> them
REL:	save up
Arg1:	50 proof-of-purchases

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


agent and purpose (-)
John is saving up for a new bicycle.
Arg0:	John
REL:	saving up
Arg2-for:	a new bicycle