Rolesets - purchase

purchase

purchase.01 - buy

PURCHASE-V NOTES: Based on large corpus. Member of Vncls obtain-13.5.2-1. comparison with buy. Checked by Julia, 10/2010. (from purchase.01-v)
PURCHASE-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry purchase.01, and OntoNotes sense grouping purchase.01; maps to VN class obtain-13.5.2-1. Framed by Claire. (from purchase.01-n)

Aliases:

purchase (v.)
purchase (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: purchaser
ARG1-PPT: thing purchased
ARG2-DIR: seller
ARG3-VSP: price paid
ARG4-GOL: benefactive

Basic transitive

TheyARG0
purchasedrel
$ 2.4 billion in Fannie Mae bondsARG1

With price (often subtle):

...
mostARG1
purchasedrel
at nominal pricesARG3
...

With seller:

The companyARG0
purchasedrel
a wheel - loaderARG1
from DresserARG2
.

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG4

ButARGM-DIS
Mr. PowersARG0
has
purchasedrel
asset - backed issuesARG1
for individuals with tax - deferred accounts , such as retirement plansARG4
.

With purpose clause:

The companyARG0
purchasedrel
sugarARG1
on the world marketARGM-LOC
to meet export commitmentsARGM-PRP

Lots of arguments

General Electric Co. 's rail - car leasing unit completed the
$ 178.5 millionARG3
purchaserel
of similar businessesARG1
from Leucadia National Corp. and Brae Corp. , 74 % - owned by LeucadiaARG2

NP only, with purchaser

itsARG0
$ 750 millionARG3
purchaserel
of a 15 % stake in UALARG1

With "by" preposition for arg0

The courts may rule that
purchaserel
of the smaller companyARG1
by the largerARG0
is monopolistic .

With beneficiary argument

Chloe was forced to ask her husband to make the
$ 700ARG3
purchaserel
for herARG4
.