Roleset permit.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "permit, let, allow":

Roles:

Arg0:allower


Arg1:action allowed


Arg2:extracted allowed-agent

Examples:

action is an NP (-)
Proceeds of the loan agreement, together with funds from Vitro, will permit the purchase of all shares outstanding of Anchor and the payment of all related costs and expenses.
Arg0:	Proceeds of the loan agreement
ArgM:	together with funds from Vitro
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	permit
Arg1:	the purchase of all shares outstanding of Anchor and the payment of all related costs and expenses




action is an S, includes embedded agent (-)
A warrant permits a holder to acquire one share of common stock for $17.50 a share .
Arg0:	A warrant
REL:	permits
Arg1:	a holder to acquire one share of common stock for $17.50 a share




passive extraction of secondary agent (-)
U.S. investors will be permitted to buy the shares from EC investors 90 days later.
Arg2:	U.S. investors
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	permitted
Arg1:	to buy the shares from EC investors 90 days later




secondary agent in situ (-)
Warner itself was in negotiations with MGM over certain movie and other rights, and it was ``in Warner's interest to accommodate MGM/UA, Guber and Peters by *trace* permitting them to become MGM executives, ''Mr. Daly said in his affidavit.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> it
REL:	permitting
Arg2:	them
Arg1:	to become MGM executives

This last example and the action-as-S example show how Treebank was inconsistent in the parsing of embedded agents. But whaddya gonna do?