Roleset vote.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cast a ballot":

Roles:

ArgA:proxy voter


Arg0:voter


Arg1:candidate or ballot issue


Arg2:numerical count of vote, margin

Examples:

vote on an issue (-)
NRM said it expects unitholders to vote on the restructuring at a meeting Dec. 15.
Arg0:	unitholders
REL:	vote
Arg1-on:	the restructuring
ArgM-LOC:	at a meeting Dec. 15




vote for a candidate (-)
``I guess we'll reluctantly go ahead and do it, vote for Dinkins,'' says Richard Wade, a politically active professor who supported Richard Ravitch, an also-ran in the Democratic primary.
Arg0:	we
Argm-MOD:	'll
REL:	vote
Arg1-for:	Dinkins




arg1 as infinitive (-)
Nekoosa's poison pill allows shareholders to vote to rescind it...
Arg0:	shareholders
REL:	vote
Arg1:	to rescind it




voting shares (-)
The statement emphasized that holders representing 75% of the shares voting at a special shareholders' meeting must agree to lift the takeover restrictions.
Arg0:	the shares
REL:	voting
ArgM-LOC:	at a special shareholders' meeting




proxy voting (-)
``Thank God we have some deal on the table,'' said Stewart Gilchrist, a director at Scottish Amicable Investment Managers, which intends to vote its roughly 1% stake in favor of the restructuring.
ArgA:	*trace* -> *trace* -> which -> Scottish Amicable Investment Managers
REL:	vote
Arg0:	its roughly 1% stake
Arg1:	in favor of the restructuring

Two points about the last example: Scottish Amicable is not doing the voting, really, but rather the shares (cf the previous example). Thus Scottish Amicable takes the causal agent role. Also, "in favor of" is basically the same as "for". person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


with outcome of vote (-)
The Peugeot metalworkers began filing out of the shop, which makes auto parts, at the plant in Mulhouse after [*] voting 589 to 193 [*-3] to abandon the occupation.
Arg0:	[*] -> The Peugeot metalworkers
REL:	voting
Arg2:	589 to 193
Arg1:	[*-3] to abandon the occupation

Roleset vote.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "give via legislative process":

Roles:

Arg0:giver


Arg1:gift


Arg2:recipient

Examples:

graft (-)
United's directors voted themselves, and their spouses, lifetime access to the Friendly Skies -- free first-class travel, and $20,000 a year for life as well.
Arg0:	United 's directors
REL:	voted
Arg2:	themselves, and their spouses,
Arg1:	lifetime access to the Friendly Skies -- free first-class travel, and $20,000 a year for life as well

Roleset vote.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "vote against":

Roles:

Arg0:voter


Arg1:defeated issue

Examples:

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


die die die! (-)
THE HOUSE votes down a proposal to put pension plans under the control of joint labor-management boards.
Arg0:	THE HOUSE
REL:	[ votes] [ down]
Arg1:	a proposal to put pension plans under the control of joint labor-management boards