Roleset avail.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "provide, often 'take advantage of'":

Roles:

Arg0:one providing, taking advantage


Arg1:recipient, often reflexive pronoun


Arg2:thing provided, taken advantage of

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


typical usage (-)
I'm not giving you a chance, Bill, but availing myself of your generous offer of assistance.
Arg0:	I
REL:	availing
Arg1-REC:	myself
Arg2-of:	of your generous offer of assistance

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


without reflexive (-)
Furthermore -- and this, to me, strikes an especially warming note -- it shall avail the vandals naught [*] to throw away or dispose of their loot.
REL:	avail
Arg2:	the vandals
Arg1:	naught
Arg0:	[*] to throw away or dispose of their loot