Roleset lose.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "decrease, fall":

Roles:

Arg1:logical subject, patient, thing falling


Arg2:EXT, amount fallen


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point


ArgM-LOC:medium

Examples:

stocks (-)
Rally's lost 1 3/4 to 21 3/4.
Arg1:	Rally's
REL:	lost
Arg2-EXT:	1 3/4
Arg4-to:	21 3/4

Roleset lose.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "lose, no longer have":

Roles:

Arg0:entity losing something


Arg1:thing lost


Arg2:benefactive, entity gaining thing lost

Examples:

one gains, one loses (-)
NEC lost the contract to Fujitsu.
Arg0:	NEC
REL:	lost
Arg1:	the contract
Arg2-to:	Fujitsu




more commonly without gainer (-)
Western Union lost its chance to be in the telephone business.
Arg0:	Western Union
REL:	lost
Arg1:	its chance to be in the telephone business

Roleset lose.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "battle":

Roles:

Arg0:loser


Arg1:battle


Arg2:winner

Examples:

battle (-)
Appropriators from both houses lost a battle Tuesday night with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Arg0:	Appropriators from both houses
REL:	lost
Arg1:	a battle
Argm-TMP:	Tuesday night
Arg2-with:	with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee




contest (-)
I lost the case in federal district court in Des Moines.
Arg0:	I
REL:	lost
Arg1:	the case
Argm-LOC:	in federal district court in Des Moines

Roleset lose.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "lose touch":

Roles:

Arg0:loser


Arg1:touch


Arg2:with ...

Examples:

not phrasal! (-)
They didn't lose touch with the US issuers.
Arg0:	They
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	lose
Arg1:	touch
Arg2-with:	the US issuers

This is almost idiomatic.

Roleset lose.07 Verbnet Class: NONE "be not aware":

Roles:

Arg1:what you're not aware of


Arg2:unaware entity

Examples:

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


always pseudopassive (-)
Obviously, it [*EXP*-1]'s lost on you that about 75% of the American people these days (and in fact the president of the United States) consider themselves environmentalists.
Argm-DIS:	Obviously
Arg1:	it [*EXP-1] -> that about 75% of the American people these days (and in fact the president of the United States) consider themselves environmentalists
REL:	lost
Arg2-on:	you

Roleset lose.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "lose, come to not have":

Roles:

Arg0:entity losing something


Arg1:thing lost


Arg2:benefactive, entity gaining thing lost

Examples:

lose out on (-)
The traditionalists have been losing out on bundles of it to the New Guard in recent years.
Arg0:	The traditionalists
REL:	losing out
Arg1-on:	bundles of it
Arg2-to:	the New Guard
Argm-TMP:	in recent years