Roleset extort.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "extract money from, under pressure":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, extorter


Arg1:money


Arg2:source

Examples:

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


all args (-)
According to testimony in a public, 80-page grand-jury report handed up to the state attorney general, Judge O'Kicki extorted cash from lawyers, muscled favorable loans from banks and bullied local businesses for more than a decade.
Arg0:	Judge O'Kicki
REL:	extorted
Arg1:	cash
Arg2-from:	lawyers
ArgM-TMP:	for more than a decade

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


intransitive (-)
The judge now says it was ``unfortunate'' that he chose to write the letter but says ``there was certainly no intent *trace* to extort there.''
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	extort

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


missing arg defaults to 'money' (-)
The question is how much you get tied in with seedy characters so they can extort you.''
Arg0:	they
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	extort
Arg2:	you