Predicate: defraud

defraud: Frames file for 'defraud' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: defraud.01 , to take something from by fraud, vncls: 10.6, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thief, fraud, agent (vnrole: 10.6-Agent)
        Arg1: entity defrauded (vnrole: 10.6-Theme)
        Arg2: contract (vnrole: 10.6-Source)
        Arg3: 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