Roleset owe.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "payment outstanding":

Roles:

Arg0:payer or buyer


Arg1:price paid


Arg2:seller or person being paid


Arg3:commodity

Examples:

Note that price and commodity have been reversed from 'pay'


ditransitive (-)
They have since mellowed, although one senior Young & Rubicam executive said ``I think ad agencies owe Carl Spielvogel a vote of thanks for getting him out of the consulting business.''
Arg0:	ad agencies
REL:	owe
Arg2:	Carl Spielvogel
Arg1:	a vote of thanks for getting him out of the consulting business




prepositional arg2 (-)
Columbia owes its spectacular growth in recent years to its junk-bond portfolio, the largest of any U.S. thrift.
Arg0:	Columbia
REL:	owes
Arg1:	its spectacular growth in recent years
Arg2-to:	its junk-bond portfolio, the largest of any U.S. thrift




passivized price (-)
The buy-out group has begun billing UAL for fees and expenses *trace* it owes *trace* to investment bankers, law firms and banks.
Arg1:	*trace* -> *trace* -> fees and expenses
Arg0:	it
REL:	owes
Arg2-to:	investment bankers, law firms and banks




passivized 'seller' (-)
Under the plan, unsecured creditors, who *trace* are owed *trace* about $430 million, would receive about $92 million , or 21 cents for each dollar they are owed.
REL:	owed
Arg2:	*trace* -> *trace* -> who -> unsecured creditors
Arg1:	about $ 430 million




double passive (-)
Under the plan, unsecured creditors, who are owed about $430 million, would receive about $92 million, or 21 cents for each dollar *trace-1* they are owed *trace-2* *trace-3*.
REL:	owed
Arg2:	*trace-2* -> they
Arg1:	*trace-3* -> *trace-1* -> each dollar

Double passives occur a lot; be VERY careful with trace chains.