Predicate: authorize

Roleset id: authorize.01 , allow, grant permission, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

authorize.01: AUTHORIZE-V NOTES: Note that the subordinate agent can be passivized: "The railroadcompany was authorized to buy back..." This justifies splitting thesubordinate S. (from authorize.01-v) AUTHORIZATION-N NOTES: Added due to expansion of Nombank. Comparison to 'authorize.01' No VN class. Framed by Katie. (from authorization.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
authorize (v.)
authorization (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: allower
        Arg1-PRD: action allowed
        Arg2-PPT: explicit allowed-agent
        Arg3-PRP: purpose

Example: just transitive

        Rymer Foods Inc. said its board authorized the purchase of as many as 500,000 of its common stock purchase warrants at a price of $4 a warrant.

        Arg0: its board
        Rel: authorized
        Arg1: the purchase of as many as 500,000 of its common stock purchase warrants at a price of $4 a warrant

Example: agent and action

        Norfolk Southern Corp. directors authorized the railroad company to buy back as many as 45 million of its shares, which would have a current value of more than $1.7 billion.

        Arg0: Norfolk Southern Corp. directors
        Rel: authorized
        Arg2: the railroad company
        Arg1: to buy back as many as 45 million of its shares, which would have a current value of more than $1.7 billion

Example: with purpose

        [An additional 299,000 shares]-1 are authorized *trace*-1 for repurchase under an earlier stock buy-back program.

        Rel: authorized
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg3: for repurchase
        Argm-loc: under an earlier stock buy-back program

Example: arg 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        gives an authorization [*ich*-1] to every Israeli soldier [to commit murder]-1

        Rel: authorization
        Arg1: [*ich*-1]

Example: Noun not used with a light verb

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The authorization of Taiwan-area residents

        Rel: authorization
        Arg2: of Taiwan-area residents

Example: arg 1 only

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        authorization to carry out a campaign to beautify Hsia Street.

        Rel: authorize
        Arg1: to carry out a campaign to beautify Hsia Street.

Example: with purpose

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        $4.5 million authorization for a health center in South Carolina

        Arg1: $4.5 million
        Rel: authorization
        Arg3: for a health center in South Carolina