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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="surrender">
<note>
  Frames file for 'surrender' based on survey of sentences in
  financial subcorpus.  Verbnet class contribute-13.2, other framed
  members include contribute, return, transfer.  Comparison with those
  and with 'give_up'.
</note>

<roleset id="surrender.01" name="give up (eg, a fight)" vncls="13.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="one surrendering" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="fight" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

  <role descr="victor" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="13.2" vntheta="Recipient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="unstated fight">
<text>
    Last week, Robert M. Bradley, one of the Big Board's most
    respected floor traders and head of a major traders' organization,
    surrendered. 
</text>
        <arg f="TMP" n="M">Last week</arg>
        <arg n="0">Robert M. Bradley, one of the Big Board's most
        respected floor traders and head of a major traders'
        organization,</arg> 
        <rel>surrendered</rel>
</example>


<example name="with stated fight">
<text>
    Some European analysts speculated that officials of Saab's highly
    profitable Scania truck operation balked at *trace* surrendering
    any of their autonomy. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; officials of Saab's highly profitable
        Scania truck operation</arg> 
        <rel>surrendering</rel>
        <arg n="1">any of their autonomy</arg>
</example>

<example name="with victor">
  <text>
    John surrendered to Mary.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>surrendered</rel>
  <arg f="to" n="2">Mary</arg>
</example>

<example name="all args">
  <text>
    John surrendered his prize collection of bottle caps to Mary.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>surrendered</rel>
  <arg n="1">his prize collection of bottle caps</arg>
  <arg f="to" n="2">Mary</arg>
</example>

<note>
There are actually two very different senses, but the syntax is
compatible so we'll leave it as one roleset.
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
