Roleset serve.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "act, work":

Roles:

Arg0:worker


Arg1:job, project


Arg2:employer

Examples:

just employer (-)
Each new trading roadblock is likely to be beaten by institutions seeking better ways *trace* to serve their high-volume clients, here or overseas.
Arg0:	*trace* -> institutions
REL:	serve
Arg2:	their high-volume clients
ArgM-LOC:	here or overseas




just job (-)
Mr. Reupke was one of three executives on Reuters's eight-person executive committee who didn't also serve on the company's board of directors.
Arg0:	*trace* -> who -> three executives
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	serve
Arg1-on:	the company's board of directors




job and employer (-)
He has never met Lynn Williams, the president of the United Steelworkers union, and isn't active in the industry's main trade group, the American Iron and Steel Institute, which Mr. Roderick served *trace* as chairman.
REL:	served
Arg2:	*trace* -> which -> the American Iron and Steel Institute
Arg1-as:	chairman




job as pro-controlled S (-)
In a statement, Arnold B. McKinnon, chairman and chief executive officer, noted that the new repurchase program ``should serve to enhance shareholder value.''
Arg0:	the new repurchase program
ArgM-MOD:	should
REL:	serve
Arg1:	to enhance shareholder value

Roleset serve.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "provide, give":

Roles:

Arg0:server


Arg1:thing served


Arg2:served to

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


breakfast in bed (-)
John served runny eggs and burnt toast to Mary.
Arg0:	John
REL:	served
Arg1:	runny eggs and burnt toast
Arg2-to:	Mary

Roleset serve.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "provide, offer":

Roles:

Arg0:server


Arg1:served


Arg2:served to

Examples:

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


unmentioned beneficiary (-)
[*-2] Served [*-1] up as a solo, however, the music lacks the resonance provided by a context within another medium.
REL:	Served
Arg1:	[*-1] -> [*-2] -> the music
Argm-PRD:	as a solo