Predicate: charge

Roleset id: charge.01 , asking price, vncls: 54.5, framnet: Commerce_collect

charge.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls bill-54.5.

Roles:

        Commodity and buyer can be hard to distinguish, especially if the preposition is "for". Try substituting in "to"; it will work for buyer but not for commodity.
        Arg0: seller (vnrole: 54.5-agent)
        Arg1: asking price (vnrole: 54.5-asset)
        Arg2: buyer (vnrole: 54.5-recipient)
        Arg3: commodity (vnrole: 54.5-cause)

Example: price and buyer

        [Traditional stock managers]-1 like *trace*-1 to charge higher fees for
        smaller investors.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: charge
        Arg1: higher fees
        Arg2: for smaller investors

Example: all args

        The Penn Bookstore charged John $100 for a mechanical pencil.

        Arg0: The Penn Bookstore
        Rel: charged
        Arg2: John
        Arg1: $100
        Arg3: for a mechanical pencil

Roleset id: charge.02 , walk quickly, vncls: 51.3.2, framnet: Attack

charge.02: Member of VNcls run-51.3.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity in motion (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme)
        Arg1: path (vnrole: 51.3.2-theme)

Example: intransitive

        John recklessly charged down the crowded street.

        Arg1: John
        Argm-mnr: recklessly
        Rel: charged
        Arg2: down the crowded street

Example: with arg0

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

        Rupert charged his horse across and into Ireton.

        Arg0: Rupert
        Rel: charged
        Arg1: his horse
        Arg1: across and into Ireton

Example: transitive, with argM-GOL

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

        The soldiers charged the enemy (line).

        Arg1: The soldiers
        Rel: charged
        Argm-gol: the enemy (line)

Roleset id: charge.03 , supply, as with electricity, vncls: 13.4.2, framnet: -

charge.03: Member of VNcls equip-13.4.2.

Roles:

        Arg0: supplier (vnrole: 13.4.2-agent)
        Arg1: battery, usually (vnrole: 13.4.2-recipient)
        Arg2: instrument (defaults to electricity) (vnrole: 13.4.2-theme)

Example: literal batteries

        John charged his Walkman batteries.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: charged
        Arg1: his Walkman batteries

Example: metaphorical batteries

        John (re)charged his batteries with a quadruple shot of espresso.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: (re)charged
        Arg1: his batteries
        Arg2: with a quadruple shot of espresso

Roleset id: charge.04 , buy on credit, vncls: , framnet: -

charge.04: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: buyer
        Arg1: thing charged (amount, item)
        Arg2: credit

Example: all args

        During the third quarter, the company charged about $46 million
        against earnings in reducing goodwill.

        Argm-tmp: During the third quarter
        Arg0: the company
        Rel: charged
        Arg1: about $ 46 million
        Arg2: against earnings
        Argm-adv: in reducing goodwill

Roleset id: charge.05 , assign a role (including criminal charges), vncls: , framnet: Notification_of_charges, Imposing_obligation

charge.05: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: assigner
        Arg1: assigned
        Arg2: role or crime

Example: usually as crime

        Royal Business Group Inc. said [it]-1 filed suit in federal court here
        *trace*-1 charging Realist Inc. and its directors with violating
        federal securities laws ``by engaging in a scheme to prevent''
        Royal from acquiring Realist.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: charging
        Arg1: Realist Inc. and its directors
        Arg2: with violating federal securities laws ``by engaging in a scheme to prevent'' Royal from acquiring Realist

Example: passivized crime

        [Mr. Antar]-2 was charged *trace*-2 last month in a civil suit filed in
        federal court in Newark by the Securities and Exchange
        Commission.

        Rel: charged
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Argm-tmp: last month
        Argm-loc: in a civil suit filed in federal court in Newark by the Securities and Exchange Commission

Example: not a crime

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

        Instead, [an appropriate institution]*-4 should be charged [*-4] with
        the job of preventing chaos in the market: the Federal Reserve.

        Argm-mod: should
        Rel: charged
        Arg1: [*-4]
        Arg2: with the job of preventing chaos in the market

Roleset id: charge.06 , allege (an utterance or complement clause), vncls: , framnet: Notification_of_charges , Judgment_communication

charge.06: No VNcls. This is clearly closely related to the "charge with a crime" sense, but the syntax is completely different.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: utterance

Example: transitive

        Pharmacia, based in Upsala, Sweden, had charged in a lawsuit
        against MedChem that MedChem's AMVISC product line infringes on
        the Pharmacia patent.

        Arg0: Pharmacia, based in Upsala, Sweden,
        Rel: charged
        Argm-loc: in a lawsuit against MedChem
        Arg1: that MedChem's AMVISC product line infringes on the Pharmacia patent


Predicate: charge_off

Roleset id: charge.07 , charge off: emit hastily(?), vncls: , framnet: -

charge.07: Seems to be equivalent to 'discharge'. No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: sender
        Arg1: thing sent

Example: transitive

        The bank charged off $53 million in loans during the quarter.

        Arg0: The bank
        Rel: [ charged] [ off]
        Arg1: $ 53 million in loans
        Argm-tmp: during the quarter