Roleset solicit.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "request":

Roles:

Arg0:solicitor


Arg1:thing solicited (us. 'bids')


Arg2:solicited from

Examples:

transitive (-)
USX announced in October that it was soliciting bids to sell TXO's oil and gas reserves.
Arg0:	it
REL:	soliciting
Arg1:	bids to sell TXO's oil and gas reserves




with arg2 (-)
After Mr. Ackerman announced he was soliciting consents from shareholders in order to wrest control of Datapoint from Mr. Edelman, the corporate raider purchased 30% of Datapoint's shares.
Arg0:	he
REL:	soliciting
Arg1:	consents
Arg2-from:	shareholders
ArgM-PNC:	in order to wrest control of Datapoint from Mr. Edelman




misplaced modifier (-)
Hilton currently is soliciting bids for a sale of part or all of its hotel and casino businesses.
Arg0:	Hilton
ArgM-TMP:	currently
REL:	soliciting
Arg1:	bids
ArgM:	for a sale of part or all of its hotel and casino businesses

The argM in the last example should really be part of the arg1; it's "bids for a sale..." that Hilton is soliciting; the given syntax implies that Hilton is soliciting bids on the behalf of a sale, which doesn't make any sense at all.