Roleset divest.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get rid of":

Roles:

Arg0:entity removing


Arg1:thing being removed


Arg2:removed from

Examples:

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


sometime without source (-)
The adjustments result from the recently passed thrift-industry bailout legislation, which requires thrifts to divest all high-yield bond investments by 1994.
Arg0:	thrifts
REL:	divest
Arg1:	all high-yield bond investments
ArgM-TMP:	by 1994

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


but usually with (-)
The question of control could further hinder long-delayed plans for the government to divest itself of Philippine Airlines, in which it has a 99% stake.
Arg0:	the government
REL:	divest
Arg2-REC:	itself
Arg1-of:	Philippine Airlines , in which it has a 99 % stake