Roleset abandon.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "leave behind":

Roles:

Arg0:abandoner


Arg1:thing abandoned, left behind


Arg2:attribute of arg1

Examples:

typical transitive (-)
And they believe the Big Board, under Mr. Phelan, has abandoned their interest.
Arg0:	the Big Board
ArgM:	under Mr. Phelan
REL:	abandoned
Arg1:	their interest




with attribute (-)
John abandoned his pursuit of an Olympic gold medal as a waste of time.
Arg0:	John
REL:	abandoned
Arg1:	his pursuit of an Olympic gold medal
Arg2-as:	a waste of time.

Roleset abandon.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "exchange":

Roles:

Arg0:abandoner


Arg1:thing abandoned, left behind


Arg2:preferred item

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


with preferred item (-)
One Colombian drug boss, upon hearing in 1987 that Gen. Noriega was negotiating with the U.S. [*] to abandon his command for a comfortable exile, sent him a hand-sized mahogany coffin engraved with his name.
Arg0:	[*] -> Gen. Noriega
REL:	abandon
Arg1:	his command
Arg2-for:	a comfortable exile

Note that without an arg2 the two senses cannot be distinguished.

Roleset abandon.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "surrender, give_over":

Roles:

Arg0:entity abandoning something


Arg1:thing abandoned


Arg2:benefactive, abandoned-to

Examples:

give up to (-)
Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst, once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense, there would n't be very much for Mae to do.
Arg0:	he
REL:	abandoned
Arg1:	himself
Arg2-to:	the very worst