Roleset broadcast.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to transmit or announce":

Roles:

Arg0:transmitter, agent


Arg1:message


Arg2:audience


Arg3:source

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with Arg2 (-)
The Voice of America is a government agency that [*T*-1] broadcasts news and views -- some might say propaganda -- in 43 languages to 130 million listeners around the world .
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> that -> a government agency
REL:	broadcasts
Arg1:	news and views -- some might say propaganda --
ArgM-MNR:	in 43 languages
Arg2-to:	130 million listeners around the world

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
Last year 's series , broadcast [*] by General Electric Co. 's NBC , was the lowest-rated Series in four years ; instead of [*] featuring a major East Coast team against a West Coast team , it pitted the Los Angeles Dodgers against the losing Oakland A's .
REL:	broadcast
Arg1:	[*] -> Last year 's series
Arg0-by:	General Electric Co. 's NBC

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


with Arg3 (-)
While rival ABC News outstripped the competition in live coverage of the event by sheer luck -- the network was broadcasting the World Series from Candlestick Park when the quake struck [*T*-1] -- NBC News was unable [*-2] to get its signal out of San Francisco for the first hour after the quake .
Arg0:	the network
REL:	broadcasting
Arg1:	the World Series
Arg3-from:	Candlestick Park
ArgM-TMP:	when the quake struck [*T*-1]