Roleset enlist.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sign up to do something":

Roles:

Arg0:signer


Arg1:impelled agent (often subsumed into arg0


Arg2:impelled action

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
It's because of "the aid of" that args1 and 2 can be merged. Lower numbers always win!

arg2 subsumed into arg1 (-)
Back in the chase car, we drove around some more, got stuck in a ditch, enlisted the aid of a local farmer to get out the trailer hitch and pull us out of the ditch.
ArgM-LOC:	Back in the chase car
Arg0:	we
REL:	enlisted
Arg1:	the aid of a local farmer to get out the trailer hitch and pull us out of the ditch

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


all args (-)
Rep. Dingell even managed *trace* to enlist the services of the Secret Service in his investigation of the Baltimore paper.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Rep. Dingell
REL:	enlist
Arg1:	the services of the Secret Service
Arg2-in:	his investigation of the Baltimore paper

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


unstated action (-)
Mr. Maynard, whose company at the time was based in Santa Ana, Calif., enlisted his local congressman, and the battle was joined.
Arg0:	Mr. Maynard, whose company at the time was based in Santa Ana, Calif.,
REL:	enlisted
Arg1:	his local congressman

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


missing arg1 (-)
John enlisted in the Army.
Arg0:	John
REL:	enlisted
Arg2-in:	the Army

The analysis is "John enlisted himself in the Army."