Roleset send.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "give":

Roles:

Arg0:sender


Arg1:sent


Arg2:sent-to

Examples:

ditransitive (-)
They have begun *trace* sending letters explain the program to about five million card holders.
Arg0:	*trace*=They
REL:	sending
Arg1:	letters explain the program
Arg2-to:	about five million card holders.




double object (-)
He sent merchants around the country a form asking them to check one of three answers.
Arg0:	He
REL:	sent
Arg2:	merchants around the country
Arg1:	a form asking them to check one of three answers.

Roleset send.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to action":

Roles:

Arg0:sender


Arg1:sent, impelled agent


Arg2:project, impelled action, attribute of arg1

Examples:

attribute (-)
Lightning-fast trades of huge baskets of stocks and futures can send stock prices reeling in minutes.
Arg0:	Lightning-fast trades of huge baskets of stocks and futures
Argm-MOD:	can
REL:	send
Arg1:	stock prices
Arg2:	reeling
Argm-TMP:	in minutes




NP project (-)
Mary sent John on a wild goose chase.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	sent
Arg1:	John
Arg2-on:	a wild goose chase

"Send off on a wild goose chase", etc, can probably be regarded as a complex preposition ("off on") rather than a phrasal verb, since the "off" cannot occur elsewhere in the sentence ("*Mary sent John on a wild good chase off.").

Roleset send.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause motion":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of motion


Arg1:entity in motion


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point, attribute of arg1


Arg5:direction

Examples:

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


stupid stock reports (-)
News of the restructuring plan sent Sea Containers' shares up $1 to $62 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
Arg0:	News of restructuring plan
REL:	sent
Arg1:	Sea Containers' shares
Arg5-DIR:	up
Arg2-EXT:	$1
Arg4-to:	$62
Argm-LOC:	in New York Stock Exchange composite trading

cf. inch

Roleset send.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "summon, order for delivery":

Roles:

Arg0:orderer, agent


Arg1:theme, thing ordered

Examples:

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


not pizza (-)
Mr. Jacobson, his gray hair flying, didn't wear out his red-white-and-blue sneakers, but he sweat so much he considered *trace* sending out for a new shirt.
Arg0:	*trace* -> he
REL:	sending out
Arg1-for:	a new shirt