Rolesets - offer

offer

offer.01 - transaction, proposal

OFFER-V NOTES: equally:Careful with "for" phrases:Theoretically also with benefactive (but I doubt we'll see any): (from offer.01-v)
OFFERING-N NOTES: Added due to expansion of Nombank. Comparison to 'offer.01'. Vn class future_having-13.3 and reflexive_appearance-48.1.2. Fn class offering. Framed by Katie. (from offering.01-n)
OFFER-N NOTES: Based on verb entry offer.01. Corresponds to VN Classes future_having-13.3, reflexive_appearance-48.1.2. (from offer.01-n)
This actually conflates two senses, the "buy" sense and the "sell" sense. In the "buy" sense you offer cash for some commodity; in the "sell" sense you offer some commodity and hope to get some cash for it. Thus the "direct object" will vary between Arg1 and Arg2. (from offer.01-v)

Aliases:

offering (n.)
offer (n.)
offer (v.)
make_offer (l.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity offering
ARG1-PPT: commodity
ARG2-VSP: price
ARG3-GOL: benefactive or entity offered to

ditransitive

A solicitous Christian chauffeurARG0
offersrel
the heroARG3
God 's phone numberARG1
.

PP benefactive

A solicitous Christian chauffeurARG0
offersrel
God 's phone numberARG1
to the heroARG3
.

cash as direct object

TempleARG0
offeredrel
$ 50 millionARG2
for Sea ContainersARG1

commodity as direct object

Coche - DuryARG0
offeredrel
its 1987 Corton - CharlemagneARG1
for $ 155ARG2
.

for-phrase as price

The companyARG0
offersrel
a word - processing packageARG1
for $ 100ARG2
.

for-phrase included in commodity

The companyARG0
offersrel
a word - processing package for personal computersARG1
.

arg1 as infinitive

New England ElectricARG0
offeredrel
$ 2 billionARG2
to acquire PS of New HampshireARG1
.

contrasting with above

New England ElectricARG0
offeredrel
$ 2 billionARG2
for PS of New HampshireARG1
.

another arg1 as infinitive

FujitsuARG0
essentiallyARGM-ADV
offeredrel
to do it for freeARG1
.

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG3

Explains Wong Hon Keong : "
MacauARG0
offersrel
visa - free accessARG1
to residents of over 40 countries with which it has consular relationsARG3
, but Taiwan is the only place for which it provides visa - free access without there being diplomatic ties . "

Arg 1 (most common)

An
offeringrel
of common sharesARG1

With a benefactive

The proposed
initialARGM-TMP
publicARG3
offeringrel
of common stock of RMI Titanium Co.ARG1

With Price

a $ 1.6 billionARG2
offeringrel
for TW Food Services Inc.ARG1

Arg 1 before the noun (Be careful, this can be confused with arg 0 and benefactive. Read the sentence for context clues!)

Also , the
TWARG1
offeringrel
includes interest - deferred and pay - in - kind securities , which are currently unpopular .

And finally, an arg 0

The
offeringsrel
by exxon Capital Corp , Xerox Corp , and CiticorpARG0

Within LVC

The rights plan would be triggered if
a person or groupARG0
acquires 20 % or more of the common shares outstanding without
makingARGM-LVB
an
offerrel
to all shareholdersARG3
.

Args 0 & 1

She began writing the book when Y & R turned down
herARG0
offerrel
to write for the showARG1
.

Args 1, 2

Pierce backed off , however , and instead renewed the
offerrel
to buy the islandARG1
for $ 130 millionARG2
.