Roleset bid.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "auction":

Roles:

Arg0:bidder


Arg1:the target, goods


Arg2:how much you're bidding, buying price

Examples:

just bidder and goods (-)
Ford will bid for 100% of Jaguar's shares
Arg0:	Ford
REL:	will bid
Arg1-for:	for 100% of Jaguar's shares




with price (-)
Mr. Pilson bid $243 million for rights to the 1992 Winter Games.
Arg0:	Mr. Pilson
REL:	bid
Arg2:	$243 million
Arg1-for:	for rights to the 1992 Winter Games.




With Purpose clause (-)
Paribas will bid to boost its stake in Navigation Mixte
Arg0:	Paribas
REL:	will bid
Argm-PNC:	to boost its stake in Navigation Mixte




goods as infinitive (-)
Garth Drabinsky will bid $780.6 million to acquire the company.
Arg0:	Garth Drabinsky
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	bid
Arg2:	$780.6 million
Arg1:	to acquire the company

Roleset bid.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "some weird causative usage, not unlike "call"":

Roles:

Arg0:bidder


Arg1:the target


Arg2:benefactive


Arg3:secondary predication on Arg1

Examples:

secondary predication (-)
Market participants bid the US unit lower.
Arg0:	Market participants
REL:	bid
Arg1:	the US unit
Arg3:	lower




same, reversed order (-)
Investors bid up the oil market.
Arg0:	Investors
REL:	bid
Arg3:	up
Arg1:	the oil market