Predicate: offer

Roleset id: offer.01 , transaction, vncls: 13.3 29.2, framnet:

offer.01: equally: Careful with "for" phrases: Theoretically also with benefactive (but I doubt we'll see any):

Roles:

        This actually conflates two senses, the "buy" sense and the "sell" sense. In the "buy" sense you offer cash for some commodity; in the "sell" sense you offer some commodity and hope to get some cash for it. Thus the "direct object" will vary between Arg1 and Arg2.
        Arg0: entity offering (vnrole: 29.2-Agent, 13.3-Agent)
        Arg1: commodity (vnrole: 29.2-Predicate, 13.3-Theme)
        Arg2: price
        Arg3: benefactive or entity offered to (vnrole: 29.2-Theme, 13.3-Recipient)

Example: ditransitive

        A solicitous Christian chauffeur offers the hero God's phone number.

        Arg0: A solicitous Christian chauffeur
        Rel: offers
        Arg3: the hero
        Arg1: God's phone number

Example: PP benefactive

        A solicitous Christian chauffeur offers God's phone number to the hero.

        Arg0: A solicitous Christian chauffeur
        Rel: offers
        Arg1: God's phone number
        Arg3: to the hero

Example: cash as direct object

        Temple offered $50 million for Sea Containers

        Arg0: Temple
        Rel: offered
        Arg2: $50 million
        Arg1: for Sea Containers

Example: commodity as direct object

        Coche-Dury offered its 1987 Corton-Charlemagne for $155.

        Arg0: Coche-Dury
        Rel: offered
        Arg1: its 1987 Corton-Charlemagne
        Arg2: for $155

Example: for-phrase as price

        The company offers a word-processing package for $100.

        Arg0: The company
        Rel: offers
        Arg1: a word-processing package
        Arg2: for $100

Example: for-phrase included in commodity

        The company offers a word-processing package for personal computers.

        Arg0: The company
        Rel: offers
        Arg1: a word-processing package for personal computers

Example: arg1 as infinitive

        New England Electric offered $2 billion to acquire PS of New Hampshire.

        Arg0: New England Electric
        Rel: offered
        Arg2: $2 billion
        Arg1: to acquire PS of New Hampshire

Example: contrasting with above

        New England Electric offered $2 billion for PS of New Hampshire.

        Arg0: New England Electric
        Rel: offered
        Arg2: $2 billion
        Arg1: for PS of New Hampshire

Example: another arg1 as infinitive

        Fujitsu essentially offered *trace* to do it for free.

        Arg0: Fujitsu
        ArgM-ADV: essentially
        Rel: offered
        Arg1: *trace* to do it for free.

Example: benefactive direct object

        John offered Mary to rub her shoulders

        Arg0: John
        Rel: offered
        Arg3: Mary
        Arg1: to rub her shoulders