Predicate: ail
Frames file for 'ail' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset id: ail.01 , be ill, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: illness
Arg1: sick entity
Example: simple object
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
The ailing company, which has reported net losses for 16
consecutive quarters, said it won't manufacture network computer
systems any more and will greatly reduce its costly direct sales
force.
Rel : ailing
Arg1 : company
Example: complex object
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
A group of Michigan investors has offered to buy Knight-Ridder
Inc.'s ailing Detroit Free Press for $68 million but has left
unclear how the offer will be financed.
Rel : ailing
Arg1 : Detroit Free Press
Example: with 'agent'
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
``It's good for what ails you,'' John said of his snake-oil medicine.
Arg0 : what
Rel : ails
Arg1 : you