Roleset lobby.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "ask a favor, ask a request, ask for":

Roles:

Arg0:asker


Arg1:favor


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

favor as infinitive (-)
Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding, is prepared to bid for the entire company and had lobbied the government to lift the takeover restrictions early.
Arg0:	Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding,
REL:	lobbied
Arg2:	the government
Arg1:	to lift the takeover restrictions early

This syntax will probably be misparsed consistently--you'll have to --break up an S node.


favor as PP (-)
That was seen as an advantage in *trace* lobbying airline employees and Washington regulators for approval of the contested takeover.
Arg0:	*trace*
REL:	lobbying
Arg2:	airline employees and Washington regulators
Arg1-for:	approval of the contested takeover




just favor (-)
AMR had also sought *trace* to foil Mr. Trump in Congress by *trace* lobbying for legislation that would have bolstered the authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline buy-outs.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> AMR
REL:	lobbying
Arg1-for:	legislation that would have bolstered the authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline buy-outs