Predicate: afflict

Frames file for 'afflict' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1.

Roleset id: afflict.01 , suffer, vncls: 31.1

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of suffering
        Arg1: entity suffering
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from arg0

Example: active, no instrument

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        But the former U.S. president's sixth visit to China, during which
        he spoke at length with Chinese leaders, was nowhere near as
        successful at easing strains that [*T*] have recently afflicted
        the Sino-U.S. relationship.

        Arg0 : [*T*]
        ArgM-RCL : that -> strains
        ArgM-TMP : recently
        Rel : afflicted
        Arg1 : the Sino-U.S. relationship

Example: passive, no instrument

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Mr. Bennett declared in April that he would make Washington a
        ``test case'' for how the Bush administration would aid [cities]-1
        afflicted *trace*-1 by heavy drug trafficking and violence.

        Rel : afflicted
        Arg1 : *trace*-1
        Arg0 : heavy drug trafficking and violence