Roleset tax.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "government charging money":

Roles:

Arg0:taxer


Arg1:amount of tax


Arg2:taxpayer


Arg3:commodity

Examples:

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


just commodity (-)
The securities-turnover tax has been long criticized by the West German financial community because it tends to drive securities trading and other banking activities out of Frankfurt into rival financial centers, especially London, where trading transactions isn't taxed *trace* *trace*.
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	taxed
Arg3:	*trace* -> trading transactions
ArgM-LOC:	*trace* -> where -> especially London

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


just taxpayer (-)
Congress still is struggling to dismantle the unpopular Catastrophic Care Act of 1988, which *trace* boosted benefits for the elderly and *trace* taxed them to pay for the new coverage.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> which -> the unpopular Catastrophic Care Act
REL:	taxed
Arg2:	them
ArgM-PNC:	to pay for the new coverage

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


taxpayer and commodity (-)
Well, notes IRS private ruling 8934014, ``a fundamental principle'' is that income must be taxed *trace* to whoever earns it.
ArgM-MOD:	must
REL:	taxed
Arg3:	*trace* -> income
Arg2-to:	whoever earns it

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


same args, inverted syntax (-)
Currently, even though the issuer doesn't pay tax, the debt holder is taxed *trace* on the accrued interest.
ArgM-TMP:	Currently
ArgM:	even though the issuer doesn't pay tax
REL:	taxed
Arg2:	*trace* -> the debt holder
Arg3-on:	the accrued interest

Arg1 doesn't seem to occur. The arguments and their numbering are suggested by comparison with 'bill' and 'charge'.