Roleset allow.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "let":

Roles:

Arg0:allower


Arg1:action allowed

Examples:

allowed NP (-)
Two New England states will allow broader interstate banking.
Arg0:	Two New England states
Argm-MOD:	will
REL:	allow
Arg1:	broader interstate banking




allowed S (-)
The reforms allow the Big Board to halt trading for one hour.
Arg0:	The reforms
REL:	allow
Arg1:	the Big Board to halt trading for one hour




allowed S with passive-extraction (-)
Brazilian growers won't be allowed *trace* to export sugar during the current 1989-1990 season.
Arg1:	Brazilian growers
Argm-MOD:	wo
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	allowed
Arg1:	*trace* to export sugar during the current 1989-1990 season.




allowed for NP (-)
Depreciation would allow for the gradual wearing our of french friers.
Arg0:	Depreciation
Argm-MOD:	would
REL:	allow
Arg1-for:	the gradual wearing out of french friers

Roleset allow.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "allocate":

Roles:

Arg0:allocator


Arg1:thing allocated (us. time)


Arg2:to some task

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


thrash out, man (-)
So far, neither the Bush administration nor arms-control experts in Congress seem moved by arguments that these problems may take more time *trace* to thrash out than President Bush has allowed *trace*.
Arg0:	President Bush
REL:	allowed
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> more time

Roleset allow.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "admit truth of proposition":

Roles:

Arg0:admitter


Arg1:true proposition

Examples:

The complementizer MUST be included--note that the sentence is --> --ungrammatical otherwise. *Editorials allowed Mrs. Yeargin was wrong.

allowed S-BAR, essentially agree or say (-)
Editorials in the Greenville newspaper allowed that Mrs. Yeargin was wrong.
Arg0:	Editorials in the Greenville newspaper
REL:	allowed
Arg1:	that Mrs. Yeargin was wrong.