Roleset undertake.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to decide or agree to do":

Roles:

Arg0:decider, agreer


Arg1:thing undertaken


Arg2:other participant

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
The meeting , which [*T*-62] is expected [*-1] to draw 20,000 to Bangkok , was going [*-2] to be held [*-61] at the Central Plaza Hotel , but the government balked at the hotel 's conditions for [*] undertaking necessary expansion .
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	undertaking
Arg1:	necessary expansion

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


passive with purpose clause (-)
Ohbayashi officials said [0] the purchase was undertaken [*-2] [*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City .
REL:	undertaken
Arg1:	[*-2] -> the purchase
ArgM-PNC:	[*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City

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


all arguments (-)
Mr. Furuta did n't disclose further details of the arrangement at a news conference , but said [0] the project would be undertaken [*-1] with Ford 's European subsidiary .
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	undertaken
Arg1:	[*-1] -> the project
Arg2-with:	Ford 's European subsidiary

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


arg1 as infinitive (-)
David Boren, the Intelligence Committee chairman, is upset that someone leaked a letter to the committee from the Reagan administration suggesting that the U.S. would undertake [*-2] to warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending coup that might result in his assassination.
Arg0:	the U.S.
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	undertake
Arg1:	[*-2] to warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending coup that might result in his assassination.