Predicate: satisfy

Frames file for 'satisfy' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: satisfy.01 , make happy, vncls: 31.1

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, pleaser
        Arg1: patient, entity pleased
        Arg2: instrumental

Example: instrumental subject

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

        U.S. Banknote said it believes the sale, if completed,
        apparently would satisfy antitrust issues raised by the
        U.S. Justice Department about U.S. Banknote's offer to buy
        International Banknote.

        Arg2 : the sale
        ArgM-ADV : if completed
        ArgM-DIS : apparently
        ArgM-MOD : would
        Rel : satisfy
        Arg1 : antitrust issues raised by the U.S. Justice Department about U.S. Banknote's offer to buy International Banknote

Example: unaccusative

        ``We weren't satisfied until they became sell programs,'' says
        Mr. DaPuzzo, who now thinks it adds unnecessary volatility.

        Arg1 : We
        ArgM-NEG : n't
        Rel : satisfied
        ArgM-TMP : until they became sell programs

Example: all args

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

        John satisfied all Mary's concerns about his maturity with his
        tantrum.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : satisfied
        Arg1 : all Mary's concerns about his maturity
        Arg2 : with his tantrum

Roleset id: satisfy.02 , convince, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: convincer
        Arg1: convinced
        Arg2: proposition

Example: and reciprocal too

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

        However, in light of the risks involved in such transactions, banks
        should satisfy themselves that they have the skills to participate
        in this market and clear policy guidelines on acceptable levels of
        exposure to such transactions, he said.
       

        Argm-ADV : in light of the risks involved in such transactions
        Arg0 : banks
        Argm-MOD : should
        Rel : satisfy
        Arg1-REC : themselves
        Arg2 : they have the skills to participate in this market and clear policy guidelines on acceptable levels of exposure to such transactions