Roleset stage.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to perform or carry out":

Roles:

Arg0:performer


Arg1:performance

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
In East Berlin , Communist Party officials considered [*] legalizing New Forum , the country 's largest opposition alliance , as about 20,000 demonstrators staged protests in three cities [*] to press demands for democratic freedoms .
Arg0:	about 20,000 demonstrators
REL:	staged
Arg1:	protests
ArgM-LOC:	in three cities
ArgM-PNC:	[*] to press demands for democratic freedoms

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


transitive with adverbials (-)
For Ms. Bogart , who [*T*-1] initially studied and directed in Germany ( and cites such European directors as Peter Stein , Giorgio Strehler and Ariane Mnouchkine as influences ) tends [*-2] to stage her productions with a Brechtian rigor -- whether the text demands it or not .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> Ms. Bogart , who [*T*-1] initially studied and directed in Germany ( and cites such European directors as Peter Stein , Giorgio Strehler and Ariane Mnouchkine as influences )
REL:	stage
Arg1:	her productions
ArgM-MNR:	with a Brechtian rigor
ArgM-ADV:	whether the text demands it or not