Roleset imitate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to use or follow as a model":

Roles:

Arg0:imitator


Arg1:entity imitated

Examples:

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


passive (-)
The appeals court held : `` When a distinctive voice of a professional singer is widely known [*-3] and is deliberately imitated in order [*] to sell a product [*T*-2] , the sellers have appropriated what [*T*-1] is not theirs . ''
Arg1:	a distinctive voice of a professional singer
ArgM-MNR:	deliberately
REL:	imitated
ArgM-PNC:	in order [*] to sell a product
ArgM-TMP:	[*T*-2] -> When

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


transitive (-)
Peter Laird , a Los Angeles lawyer for Ms. Midler , said , `` We believe that the verdict reaffirms her position [*RNR*-1] and our position [*RNR*-1] that advertisers and advertising agencies can not with impunity imitate the voices of well-known performers .
Arg0:	advertisers and advertising agencies
ArgM-MOD:	can
ArgM-NEG:	not
ArgM-MNR:	with impunity
REL:	imitate
Arg1:	the voices of well-known performers