Roleset settle.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "decide":

Roles:

Arg0:decider


Arg1:decision


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:instrument

Examples:

go hoosiers! (-)
The National Association of Manufacturers settled on the Hoosier capital of Indianapolis for its fall board meeting.
Arg0:	The National Association of Manufacturers
REL:	settled
Arg1-on:	the Hoosier capital of Indianapolis
Arg2-for:	its fall board meeting

Roleset settle.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "resolve":

Roles:

Arg0:entity making resolution


Arg1:thing being resolved


Arg2:comitative, resolved with


Arg3:attribute, resolved to or at

Examples:

financial settlement (-)
Moscow found a way *trace* to settle the country's $188 million debt.
Arg0:	*trace*=Moscow
REL:	settle
Arg1:	the country's $188 million debt




death and taxes (-)
...if he had settled with the IRS.
Arg0:	he
REL:	settled
Arg2-with:	the IRS




lawsuits again (-)
...a $750 million antitrust suit which *trace-1* could be settled *trace-2* for one-third that amount.
Arg1:	*trace-2*=*trace-1*=which=a $750 million antitrust suit
Argm-MOD:	could
REL:	settled
Arg3-for:	one-third that amount

Roleset settle.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "come to rest, generally, or decline, of commodity prices":

Roles:

Arg0:entity causing something to settle


Arg1:commodity or stock, thing settling


Arg2:EXT, amount declined by


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

I am getting so tired of stock reports (-)
On the Commodity Exchange in New York, gold for current delivery settled at $374.20 an ounce, down 50 cents.
Argm-LOC:	On the Commodity Exchange
Argm-LOC:	in New York
Arg1:	gold for current delivery
REL:	settled
Arg4-at:	$374.20 an ounce
Arg2-EXT:	down 50 cents




causative (-)
Certainly, the Oct 13 sell-off didn't settle any stomachs.
Argm-DIS:	Certainly
Arg0:	the Oct 13 sell-off
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	settle
Arg1:	any stomachs

"Come to rest" sense will probably not take anything beyond Arg1.

Roleset settle.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "and be quiet!":

Roles:

Arg1:one who should be quiet

Examples:

frustrated mom (-)
No matter what I do, I can't get little Johnny to settle down.
Arg1:	little Johnny
REL:	settle down

The lexicon also includes "settle_up", but I have trouble figuring out what that would mean, unless it were a variant of the "resolve" roleset id="settle.05" above, as in "settle up your debts".