Roleset acquit.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "relieve of guilt":

Roles:

Arg0:remover of guilt


Arg1:(un)guilty party


Arg2:explicit mention of guilt

Examples:

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


intransitive (-)
Ultimately, that carefully picked jury deadlocked with a 10-2 vote *trace* *trace* to acquit, and the prosecution decided not to retry the case.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> that carefully picked jury
REL:	acquit

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


passive transitive (-)
Although Mr. Hastings had been acquitted *trace* by a jury, lawmakers handling the prosecution in Congress had argued that the purpose of impeachment isn't to punish an individual.
REL:	acquitted
Arg1:	*trace* -> Mr. Hastings
Arg0-by:	a jury

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


all args (-)
Mr. Hastings's case was particularly nettlesome because it marked the first time a federal official was impeached and removed from office on charges of which a jury had acquitted him *trace*.
Arg0:	a jury
REL:	acquitted
Arg1:	him
Arg2:	*trace* -> of which -> charges