Frameset - affirm-v

Predicate: affirm

Frames file for 'affirm' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, Framenet class Statement. Comparison with 'confirm'.

Roleset id: affirm.01 , attest the truth or validity of some proposition, vncls: 29.2

Roles:

        Arg0: confirmer
        Arg1: thing confirmed, statement or proposition
        Arg2: benefactive, hearer

Example: basic

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

        The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a ruling that barred
        Chris-Craft Industries from voting its Warner preferred stock as a
        separate class in deciding on the companies' proposed merger.

        Arg0 : The Delaware Supreme Court
        Rel : affirmed
        Arg1 : a ruling that barred Chris-Craft Industries from voting its Warner preferred stock as a separate class in deciding on the companies' proposed merger