Predicate: defraud
Roleset id: defraud.01 , to take something from by fraud, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
defraud.01: DEFRAUD-V NOTES: Frames file for 'defraud' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from defraud.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
defraud (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: thief, fraud, agent (vnrole: 10.6-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity defrauded (vnrole: 10.6-theme)
        Arg2-DIR: contract (vnrole: 10.6-source)
        Arg3-EXT: amount
Example: all arguments
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive
        Last November , a federal grand jury indicted GE-1 on charges of fraud and false claims in connection with an alleged scheme [*]-1 to defraud the Army of $ 21 million [*U*]on a logistics computer contract .
        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: defraud
        Arg1: the Army
        Arg3: of $ 21 million [*U*]
        Arg2: on a logistics computer contract
Example: with Arg2
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        The Justice Department said [0] it filed a lawsuit seeking more than $ 7.7 million [*U*]from a Meredith Corp. unit on charges that the company defrauded the government on a contract [*] to provide relocation services for federal employees .
        Arg0: the company
        Rel: defrauded
        Arg1: the government
        Arg2: on a contract [*] to provide relocation services for federal employees
Example: with Arg3
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        Shearson was sued [*-1] by money manager George Soros , who [*T*-3]claimed [0] [one of his funds] -2 was defrauded [*-2] out of $ 60 million [*U*] during stock-index futures trading just after the 1987 crash .
        Rel: defrauded
        Arg1: [*-2]
        Arg3: out of $ 60 million [*U*]
        Argm-tmp: during stock-index futures trading
        Argm-tmp: just after the 1987 crash