Predicate: offering

Roleset id: offering.01 , Proposal, vncls: 13.3 48.1.2, framnet: offering

offering.01: Added due to expansion of Nombank. Comparison to 'offer.01'. Vn class future_having-13.3 and reflexive_appearance-48.1.2. Fn class offering. Framed by Katie.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity offering (vnrole: 13.3-agent, 48.1.2-agent)
        Arg1: proposal/commodity/bid (vnrole: 13.3-theme, 48.1.2-theme)
        Arg2: price (vnrole: -, -)
        Arg3: benefactive (vnrole: 13.3-recipient, 48.1.2-recipient)

Example: Arg 1 (most common)

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

        An offering of common shares

        Rel: offering
        Arg1: of common shares

Example: With a benefactive

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

        The proposed initial public offering of common stock of RMI Titanium Co.

        Argm-tmp: intial
        Arg3: public
        Rel: offering
        Arg1: of common stock of RMI Titanium Co.

Example: With Price

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

        a $1.6 billion offering for TW Food Services Inc.

        Arg2: a $1.6 billion
        Rel: offering
        Arg1: for TW Food Services Inc.

Example: Arg 1 before the noun (Be careful, this can be confused with arg 0 and benefactive. Read the sentence for context clues!)

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

        Also, the TW offering includes interest-deferred and pay-in-kind securities, which are currently unpopular.

        Arg1: TW
        Rel: offering

Example: And finally, an arg 0

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

        The offerings by exxon Capital Corp, Xerox Corp, and Citicorp

        Rel: offerings
        Arg0: by exxon Capital Corp, Xerox Corp, and Citicorp