Frameset

Predicate aid:

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

Roleset aid.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "help":

Roles:

Arg0:helper

Arg1:project

Arg2:benefactor

Examples:

infinitive

with Arg2 (-)
`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] .`
Arg0:	[T-2] -> [0] -> the central bank
REL:	aid
Arg2:	the markets

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with Arg1 and Arg2 (-)

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 .

Arg0: [*T*-1] -> which -> one

ArgM-MOD: will

REL: aid

Arg2: Banco Exterior

Arg1-with: the tough tasks [0] it faces [*T*-2] ahead

with Arg1 and Arg2 (-)
`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 .`
Arg0:	[T-1] -> which -> one
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	aid
Arg2:	Banco Exterior
Arg1-with:	the tough tasks [0] it faces [T-2] ahead

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive
with a prepositional Arg1 (-)

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] -> [0] -> $ 2.85 billion [*U*]

REL: aid

Arg1-in: the recovery from the temblor and from Hurricane Hugo

with a prepositional Arg1 (-)
`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] -> [0] -> $ 2.85 billion [U]
REL:	aid
Arg1-in:	the recovery from the temblor and from Hurricane Hugo

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
passive (-)

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

passive (-)
`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

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
simple transitive (-)

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

simple transitive (-)
`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

frames created by Olga