Roleset bet.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "wager":

Roles:

Arg0:better


Arg1:amount of bet


Arg2:basis, proposition, bet-on


Arg3:co-better

Examples:

nominal proposition (-)
Speculative investors, *trace* betting on an imminent clash between Ford and GM, pushed up Jaguar's share price...
Arg0:	*trace* -> Speculative investors
REL:	betting
Arg2-on:	an imminent clash between Ford and GM




with amount (-)
That would be a huge problem if it were to continue, because Unisys is betting its business on the assumption that customers want to move away from using operating systems that run on only one manufacturer's equipment and toward systems -- mainly Unix -- that work on almost anyone's machines.
Arg0:	Unisys
REL:	betting
Arg1:	its business
Arg2-on:	the assumption that customers want to move away from using operating systems that run on only one manufacturer's equipment and toward systems -- mainly Unix -- that work on almost anyone's machines




sentential proposition (-)
That indicates speculators are betting a higher offer is in the wings.
Arg0:	speculators
REL:	betting
Arg2:	a higher offer is in the wings

Leave the complementizer (if present) out of the proposition argument.


sentential proposition and dollar amount (-)
John bet his life that the stock market would never go down.
Arg0:	John
REL:	bet
Arg1:	his life
Arg2:	the stock market would never go down

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


with co-better (-)
Two years ago , a Canadian reader bet Omni Magazine $ 1,000 [*U*] that it could n't debunk the uncanny goings-on in `` the Oregon Vortex , '' a former Indian burial ground in southern Oregon .
ArgM-TMP:	Two years ago
Arg0:	a Canadian reader
REL:	bet
Arg3:	Omni Magazine
Arg1:	$ 1,000 [*U*]
Arg2:	it could n't debunk the uncanny goings-on in `` the Oregon Vortex , '' a former Indian burial ground in southern Oregon