Predicate: undertake
Frames file for 'undertake' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset id: undertake.01 , to decide or agree to do, vncls: -
Roles:
Arg0: decider, agreer
Arg1: thing undertaken
Arg2: other participant
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
The meeting , which [*T*-62] is expected [*-1] to draw 20,000 to Bangkok , was going [*-2] to be held [*-61] at the Central Plaza Hotel , but the government balked at the hotel 's conditions for [*] undertaking necessary expansion .
Arg0 : [*]
Rel : undertaking
Arg1 : necessary expansion
Example: passive with purpose clause
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Ohbayashi officials said [0] [the purchase]-2 was undertaken [*-2] [*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City .
Rel : undertaken
Arg1 : [*-2]
ArgM-PNC : [*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City
Example: all arguments
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Mr. Furuta did n't disclose further details of the arrangement at a news conference , but said [0] [the project]-1 would be undertaken [*-1] with Ford 's European subsidiary .
ArgM-MOD : would
Rel : undertaken
Arg1 : [*-1]
Arg2 : with Ford 's European subsidiary
Example: arg1 as infinitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
David Boren, the Intelligence Committee chairman, is upset that
someone leaked a letter to the committee from the Reagan
administration suggesting that the U.S. would undertake [*-2] to
warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending
coup that might result in his assassination.
Arg0 : the U.S.
Argm-MOD : would
Rel : undertake
Arg1 : [*-2] to
warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending
coup that might result in his assassination.