Roleset contact.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to bring or come into contact":

Roles:

Arg0:contactor, agent


Arg1:entity contacted

Examples:

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


passive (-)
He says [0] Campbell was n't even contacted [*-1] by the magazine for the opportunity [*] to comment .
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-ADV:	even
REL:	contacted
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Campbell
Arg0-by:	the magazine
ArgM-PNC:	for the opportunity [*] to comment

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


transitive (-)
It 's understood that MGM\/UA recently contacted Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which [*T*-1] made two failed bids for the movie studio , [*] to see if the company was still interested .
Arg0:	MGM\/UA
ArgM-TMP:	recently
REL:	contacted
Arg1:	Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. , which [*T*-1] made two failed bids for the movie studio ,