Roleset license.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "give legal rights to property":

Roles:

Arg0:granter of license


Arg1:licensed thing


Arg2:benefactive, licensed-to

Examples:

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


commercialism rules (-)
Turns out that next year, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang turn 40 -- and Scripps Howard's United Media unit, the syndicator and licensing agent for Charles Schulz's comic strip, sees a bonanza in *trace* licensing the cartoon characters to a bevy of advertisers for ads, tie-ins and promotions.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Scripps Howard's United Media unit, the syndicator and licensing agent for Charles Schulz's comic strip,
REL:	licensing
Arg1:	the cartoon characters
Arg2-to:	a bevy of advertisers
ArgM-PNC:	for ads, tie-ins and promotions

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


reversed order (-)
Sandoz Ltd. has licensed certain manufacturing and marketing rights for Interleukin-3 from Genetics Institute and is conducting preclinical studies with it.
Arg2:	Sandoz Ltd.
REL:	licensed
Arg1:	certain manufacturing and marketing rights for Interleukin-3
Arg0-from:	Genetics Institute

Rather like rent and lease, but I'm not going to make a new roleset.