Roleset wrest.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get violently":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity acquiring something


Arg1:thing acquired


Arg2:acquired-from

Examples:

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


passivized (-)
Former Democratic fund-raiser Thomas M. Gaubert, whose savings and loan *trace* was wrested *trace* from his control by federal thrift regulators, has been granted court permission to sue the regulators.
REL:	wrested
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> whose savings and loan
Arg2-from:	his control
Arg0-by:	federal thrift regulators

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


fairly normal (-)
After Mr. Ackerman announced he was soliciting consents from shareholders in order *trace* to wrest control of Datapoint from Mr. Edelman, the corporate raider purchased 30% of Datapoint's shares.
Arg0:	*trace* -> he
REL:	wrest
Arg1:	control of Datapoint
Arg2-from:	Mr. Edelman

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


awkward syntax (-)
Analysts expect the new computer to wrest a hefty slice of business away from IBM, the longtime leader in mainframes.
Arg0:	the new computer
REL:	wrest
Arg1:	a hefty slice of business
Arg2-DIR:	away from IBM, the longtime leader in mainframes