Roleset try.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "Attempt":

Roles:

Arg0:Agent/Entity Trying


Arg1:thing tried

Examples:

predicative arg1 (-)
Newsweek is trying to keep pace with rival Time magazine.
Arg0:	Newsweek
REL:	trying
Arg1:	to keep pace with rival Time magazine




nominal Arg1 (-)
Banks have tried packaging before.
Arg0:	Banks
REL:	tried
Arg1:	packaging
ArgM-TMP:	before

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


serial verb, almost (-)
But the effort is also being made * to try and cause jurors not to decide things rationally.
Arg0:	*
REL:	try
Arg1:	cause jurors not to decide things rationally

Roleset try.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "Lawsuit":

Roles:

Arg0:Litigant


Arg1:Lawsuit

Examples:

misparsed passive (-)
The case wasn't tried in court.
Arg1:	The case
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	tried
ArgM-LOC:	in court

Roleset try.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "idiom: try one's hand at":

Roles:

Arg0:tryer


Arg1:hand


Arg2:true task

Examples:

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


go on, give it a shot (-)
As previously reported, the account is troubled, with Philip Morris asking Backer Spielvogel Bates, Ogilvy & Mather, and possibly others to try their hand at developing new creative work.
Arg0:	Backer Spielvogel Bates, Ogilvy & Mather, and possibly others
REL:	try
Arg1:	their hand
Arg2-at:	developing new creative work

Roleset try.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "audition":

Roles:

Arg0:auditionee


Arg1:role


Arg2:casting agency

Examples:

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


tryouts (-)
The nagging memory of one afternoon fourteen years ago drove Jim Gideon, a lean 36-year-old righthander to take a four-month leave from selling insurance in Texas [*-1] to try out for Mr. Weaver's team.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Jim Gideon, a lean 36-year-old righthander
REL:	[try] [out]
Arg1-for:	Mr. Weaver's team