Roleset authorize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "allow":

Roles:

Arg0:allower


Arg1:action allowed


Arg2:explicit allowed-agent


Arg3:purpose

Examples:

just transitive (-)
Rymer Foods Inc. said its board authorized the purchase of as many as 500,000 of its common stock purchase warrants at a price of $4 a warrant.
Arg0:	its board
REL:	authorized
Arg1:	the purchase of as many as 500,000 of its common stock purchase warrants at a price of $4 a warrant




agent and action (-)
Norfolk Southern Corp. directors authorized the railroad company to buy back as many as 45 million of its shares, which would have a current value of more than $1.7 billion.
Arg0:	Norfolk Southern Corp. directors
REL:	authorized
Arg2:	the railroad company
Arg1:	to buy back as many as 45 million of its shares, which would have a current value of more than $1.7 billion

Note that the subordinate agent can be passivized: "The railroad company was authorized to buy back..." This justifies splitting the subordinate S.


with purpose (-)
An additional 299,000 shares are authorized *trace* for repurchase under an earlier stock buy-back program.
REL:	authorized
Arg1:	*trace* -> An additional 299,000 shares
Arg3-for:	repurchase
ArgM-LOC:	under an earlier stock buy-back program