Roleset succeed.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "win, accomplish some task":

Roles:

Arg0:entity succeeding


Arg1:task

Examples:

entity mentioned, task not (-)
Ford might succeed because many shareholders are speculators keen for a full bid.
Arg0:	Ford
ArgM-MOD:	might
REL:	succeed
ArgM-CAU:	because many shareholders are speculators keen for a full bid




entity and task mentioned (-)
If the government succeeds in seizing Mr. Antar's assets, he could be left without top-flight legal representation, because his attorneys are likely to quit, according to individuals familiar with the case.
Arg0:	the government
REL:	succeeds
Arg1-in:	seizing Mr. Antar 's assets




task in subject position (-)
If the Paribas bid succeeds...
Arg1:	the Paribas bid
REL:	succeeds

The logic here is that the bid is not succeeding, but rather that Paribas is succeeding in its bid. Thus 'the Paribas bid' is the task and the Arg1.

Roleset succeed.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "take over for":

Roles:

Arg0:successor


Arg1:entity being replaced


Arg2:attributive, role, function

Examples:

no role or function (-)
Stephen Akerfeldt, currently vice president finance, will succeed Mr. McAlpine.
Arg0:	Stephen Akerfeldt, currently vice president finance
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	succeed
Arg1:	Mr. McAlpine




with role/function (-)
Edward L. Kane succeeded Mr. Taylor as chairman.
Arg0:	Edward L. Kane
REL:	succeeded
Arg1:	Mr. Taylor
Arg2-as:	chairman

Roleset succeed.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "be subsequent to":

Roles:

Arg1:thing coming after


Arg2:thing going before

Examples:

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


adjectival (-)
All this was recognized and documented in the succeeding years by economists, some of whom worked in the Reagan administration to lift this burden from the American people, states and local governments.
REL:	succeeding
Arg1:	years