Roleset charge.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "asking price":

Roles:

Arg0:seller


Arg1:asking price


Arg2:buyer


Arg3:commodity

Examples:

price and buyer (-)
Traditional stock managers like *trace* to charge higher fees for smaller investors.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Traditional stock managers
REL:	charge
Arg1:	higher fees
Arg2-for:	smaller investors




all args (-)
The Penn Bookstore charged John $100 for a mechanical pencil.
Arg0:	The Penn Bookstore
REL:	charged
Arg2:	John
Arg1:	$100
Arg3-for:	a mechanical pencil

Commodity and buyer can be hard to distinguish, especially if the preposition is "for". Try substituting in "to"; it will work for buyer but not for commodity.

Roleset charge.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "walk quickly":

Roles:

Arg0:runner


Arg1:course, race, distance

Examples:

transitive (-)
John recklessly charged down the crowded street.
Arg0:	John
Argm-MNR:	recklessly
REL:	charged
Arg1:	down the crowded street

Maybe arg1-DIR on that example?

Roleset charge.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "supply, as with electricity":

Roles:

Arg0:supplier


Arg1:battery, usually


Arg2:instrument (defaults to electricity)

Examples:

literal batteries (-)
John charged his Walkman batteries.
Arg0:	John
REL:	charged
Arg1:	his Walkman batteries




metaphorical batteries (-)
John (re)charged his batteries with a quadruple shot of espresso.
Arg0:	John
REL:	(re)charged
Arg1:	his batteries
Arg2-with:	a quadruple shot of espresso

Roleset charge.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "buy on credit":

Roles:

Arg0:buyer


Arg1:thing bought


Arg2:credit

Examples:

all args (-)
During the third quarter, the company charged about $46 million against earnings in reducing goodwill.
ArgM-TMP:	During the third quarter
Arg0:	the company
REL:	charged
Arg1:	about $ 46 million
Arg2-against:	earnings
ArgM-ADV:	in reducing goodwill

Roleset charge.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "assign a role":

Roles:

Arg0:assigner


Arg1:assigned


Arg2:role or crime

Examples:

usually as crime (-)
Royal Business Group Inc. said it filed suit in federal court here *trace* charging Realist Inc. and its directors with violating federal securities laws ``by engaging in a scheme to prevent'' Royal from acquiring Realist.
Arg0:	*trace* -> it
REL:	charging
Arg1:	Realist Inc. and its directors
Arg2-with:	violating federal securities laws ``by engaging in a scheme to prevent'' Royal from acquiring Realist




passivized crime (-)
Mr. Antar was charged *trace* last month in a civil suit filed in federal court in Newark by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
REL:	charged
Arg1:	Mr. Antar -> *trace*
ArgM-TMP:	last month
Arg2-in:	a civil suit filed in federal court in Newark by the Securities and Exchange Commission

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


not a crime (-)
Instead, an appropriate institution should be charged [*-4] with the job of preventing chaos in the market: the Federal Reserve.
Argm-MOD:	should
REL:	charged
Arg1:	[*-4] -> an appropriate institution
Arg2-with:	the job of preventing chaos in the market

Roleset charge.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "allege":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance

Examples:

This is clearly closely related to the "charge with a crime" sense, but the syntax is completely different.

transitive (-)
Pharmacia, based in Upsala, Sweden, had charged in a lawsuit against MedChem that MedChem's AMVISC product line infringes on the Pharmacia patent.
Arg0:	Pharmacia, based in Upsala, Sweden,
REL:	charged
ArgM-LOC:	in a lawsuit against MedChem
Arg1:	MedChem's AMVISC product line infringes on the Pharmacia patent

Roleset charge.07 Verbnet Class: 1 "charge off: emit hastily(?)":

Roles:

Arg0:sender


Arg1:thing sent

Examples:

transitive (-)
The bank charged off $53 million in loans during the quarter.
Arg0:	The bank
REL:	[ charged] [ off]
Arg1:	$ 53 million in loans
ArgM-TMP:	during the quarter

Seems to be equivalent to 'discharge'.