Predicate: mandate

Frames file for 'mandate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: mandate.01 , cause by force of law, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: causer, law(giving body)
        Arg1: forced action

Example: wsj likes it only in passive?

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

        Columbia Savings & Loan Association, reeling from
        [thrift-accounting changes]-1 mandated *trace*-1 by Congress and the
        recent collapse of the junk-bond market, announced a loss for the
        third quarter of $226.3 million, or $11.57 a share.

        Rel : mandated
        Arg1 : *trace*
        Arg0 : by Congress