Roleset win.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "win":

Roles:

Arg0:winner


Arg1:thing won (contest or prize)


Arg2:beneficiary


Arg3:loser, giver of prize


Arg4:in-exchange-for

Examples:

win a prize (-)
The PLO failed earlier this year *trace* to win membership in the World Health Organization and the World Tourism Organization.
Arg0:	*trace*=The PLO
REL:	win
Arg1:	membership in the World Health Organization and the World Tourism Organization




win a contest (-)
Wall Street's old guard seems *trace* to be winning the program-trading battle.
Arg0:	*trace*=Wall Street's old guard
REL:	winning
Arg1:	the program-trading battle.

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


with beneficiary (-)
She won grant money for the school, advised cheerleaders, ran the pep club, proposed and taught a new ``Cultural Literacy'' class in Western Civilization and was chosen by the school PTA as ``Teacher of the Year.''
Arg0:	She
REL:	won
Arg1:	grant money
Arg2-for:	the school

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Prizegiver is sometimes included in the prize itself by the treebank; go ahead and follow this parsing.

with prizegiver (-)
Even if there is consumer resistance at first, a wine that [*T*-167] wins high ratings from the critics will eventually move.
Arg0:	[*T*-167] -> that -> a wine
REL:	wins
Arg1:	high ratings
Arg3-from:	the critics

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
This is a weird usage.

with arg4 (-)
He won D.T.'s queen for two minor pieces and two pawns -- not enough compensation, in this position, to give the computer much hope.
Arg0:	He
REL:	won
Arg1:	D.T.'s queen
Arg4-for:	two minor pieces and two pawns -- not enough compensation, in this position, to give the computer much hope

Yes, I know "win a race" and "win a prize" are very different senses--but they take the same syntax!

Roleset win.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause change of opinion":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of changing opinion


Arg1:entity with opinion


Arg2:new opinion

Examples:

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


misparsed phrasal (-)
Years ago, he collaborated with the new music gurus Peter Serkin and Fred Sherry in the very countercultural chamber group Tashi, which [*T*-13] won audiences over to dreaded contemporary scores like Messiaen's ``Quartet for the End of Time.''
Arg0:	[*T*-13] -> which -> the very countercultural chamber group Tashi
REL:	[ won] [ over]
Arg1:	audiences
Arg2-to:	dreaded contemporary scores like Messiaen's ``Quartet for the End of Time