Predicate: aid

Frames file for 'aid' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'help'.

Roleset id: aid.01 , help, vncls: 72

Roles:

        Arg0: helper
        Arg1: project
        Arg2: benefactor

Example: with Arg2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        The Fed chairman 's caution was apparent again on the Monday morning after the market 's plunge , when the central bank took only modest steps [0] [*T*-2] to aid the markets [*T*-1] .

        ArgM-RCL : [0] -> the central bank
        Arg0 : [*T*-2]
        Rel : aid
        Arg2 : the markets

Example: with Arg1 and Arg2

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

        Though Spain has an excess of banks , analysts say [0] the country still has one of the most profitable markets in Europe , which [*T*-1] will aid Banco Exterior with the tough tasks [0] it faces [*T*-2] ahead .

        ArgM-RCL : which -> one of the most profitable markets in Europe
        Arg0 : [*T*-1]
        ArgM-MOD : will
        Rel : aid
        Arg2 : Banco Exterior
        Arg1-with : the tough tasks [0] it faces [*T*-2] ahead

Example: with a prepositional Arg1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        The House , meanwhile , approved $ 2.85 billion [*U*] [0] [*T*-1] to aid in the recovery from the temblor and from Hurricane Hugo as state legislators moved toward a temporary sales-tax increase .

        Arg0 : [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL : [0] -> $ 2.85 billion [*U*]
        Rel : aid
        Arg1-in : the recovery from the temblor and from Hurricane Hugo

Example: passive

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

        Salomon posted an unexpectedly big gain in quarterly earnings , [*-1] aided [*-2] by its securities trading and investment banking activities .

        Rel : aided
        Arg1 : [*-2] -> [*-1] -> an unexpectedly big gain in quarterly earnings
        Arg0-by : its securities trading and investment banking activities

Example: simple transitive

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

        An increase in production at some major oil fields in the North Sea , which [*T*-2] had been knocked [*-1] out by an explosion in July 1988 , also aided results .

        Arg0 : An increase in production at some major oil fields in the North Sea , which [*T*-2] had been knocked [*-1] out by an explosion in July 1988
        ArgM-DIS : also
        Rel : aided
        Arg1 : results