Roleset countersue.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "call to court":

Roles:

Arg0:litigant


Arg1:defender


Arg2:crime


Arg3:intended prize

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


with crime (-)
MGM/UA has countersued Qintex Australia for breach of contract and fraud over the collapsed acquisition agreement, and Qintex Australia has threatened a countersuit.
Arg0:	MGM\/UA
REL:	countersued
Arg1:	Qintex Australia
Arg2-for:	breach of contract and fraud
ArgM-CAU:	over the collapsed acquisition agreement

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


with prize (-)
John countersued Mary for a zillion dollars.
Arg0:	John
REL:	countersued
Arg1:	Mary
Arg3-for:	a zillion dollars

Crime and prize cannot cooccur, to my ear, but I don't want to separate these into two rolesets--they're too closely related.