Roleset auction.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "sell at auction":

Roles:

Arg0:seller


Arg1:sold


Arg2:highest bidder


Arg3:Price Paid


Arg4:Benefactive

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
Indeed. Recently, the trust failed *trace* to auction off the paper mill, a bank, an office building and a small cotton-ginning plant.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the trust
REL:	[ auction] [ off]
Arg1:	the paper mill, a bank, an office building and a small cotton-ginning plant

highest bidder/buyer will definitely occur at some point; I'm not sure about price and benefactive though.

Roleset auction.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "sell at auction, no particle":

Roles:

Arg0:seller


Arg1:sold


Arg2:highest bidder


Arg3:Price Paid


Arg4:Benefactive

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
Indeed. Recently, the trust failed *trace* to auction the paper mill, a bank, an office building and a small cotton-ginning plant.
Arg0:	*trace* -> the trust
REL:	auction
Arg1:	the paper mill, a bank, an office building and a small cotton-ginning plant

highest bidder/buyer will definitely occur at some point; I'm not sure about price and benefactive though.