Roleset snatch.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "grab quickly":

Roles:

Arg0:snatched


Arg1:snatched


Arg2:source

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


just transitive (-)
But Peter Brody, Magnascreen's president, says Japanese companies are poised [*-1] to snatch the technology and put it to commercial use, just as they did with earlier U.S. innovations in color television and video recording.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Japanese companies
REL:	snatch
Arg1:	the technology
ArgM-ADV:	just as they did with earlier U.S. innovations in color television and video recording

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


with source (-)
In January, two small New York galleries, the Coe Kerr Gallery and Beadleston Fine Arts, snatched a major art collection owned by the Askin family away from rival auction-house bidders with an up-front payment of about $25 million.
ArgM-TMP:	In January
Arg0:	two small New York galleries, the Coe Kerr Gallery and Beadleston Fine Arts,
REL:	snatched
Arg1:	a major art collection owned by the Askin family
Arg2:	away from rival auction-house bidders
ArgM-MNR:	with an up-front payment of about $25 million