Roleset prosecute.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "try a case, offensively":

Roles:

Arg0:prosecutor


Arg1:case, or defendant of that case


Arg2:law justifying case

Examples:

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


prosecute a case (-)
The units are autonomous from U.S. attorneys' offices and focus exclusively on *trace* prosecuting organized-crime cases.
Arg0:	*trace* -> The units
REL:	prosecuting
Arg1:	organized-crime cases

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


prosecute a person (-)
Opponents say Mr. Thornburgh's plan will needlessly break up longtime, tightly knit crime-fighting units that *traec* have successfully prosecuted major organized-crime figures.
Arg0:	*trace* -> that -> longtime, tightly knit crime-fighting units
ArgM-MNR:	successfully
REL:	prosecuted
Arg1:	major organized-crime figures

These two examples demonstrate the interchangeability of the case and the person in that case. person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with law (-)
Mrs. Yeargin was fired and prosecuted *trace* under an unusual South Carolina law that makes it a crime to breach test security.
REL:	prosecuted
Arg1:	*trace* -> Mrs. Yeargin
Arg2-under:	an unusual South Carolina law that makes it a crime to breach test security