Roleset assume.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "acquire":

Roles:

Arg0:entity acquiring something


Arg1:thing being acquired


Arg2:acquired-from


Arg3:price paid


Arg4:benefactive

Examples:

acquire, take on (-)
Primerica, as expected, also acquired certain assets of the agency and assumed certain of its liabilities.
Arg0:	Primerica
ArgM-DIS:	as expected
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	assumed
Arg1:	certain of its liabilities

I doubt the other/higher numbered args will appear, but anything is possible.

Roleset assume.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "believe":

Roles:

Arg0:Thinker


Arg1:Thought


Arg2:Attributive

Examples:

with a clear assumer (-)
He suggests, for example, that investors may have assumed that just because UAL couldn't get financing, no leveraged buy-outs can get financing.
Arg0:	investors
ArgM-MOD:	may
REL:	assumed
Arg1:	just because UAL couldn't get financing, no leveraged buy-outs can get financing




discourse function (-)
He also said that after the charges, and `` *trace* assuming no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates, the company expects to achieve near-record earnings in 1990.''
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	assuming
Arg1:	no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates

Important: There is *no* target for the trace! The automatic tagging tries to find one and inevitably picks something wrong.