Roleset cure.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "treat an illness completely":

Roles:

Arg0:doctor (etc)


Arg1:patient


Arg2:illness or injury


Arg3:instrument, treatment

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


doctor and patient (-)
Then, just as the Tramp is given *trace-1* a blind girl *trace-2* *trace-3* to cure *trace-4* in ``City Lights,'' the Artist is put in charge of returning a two-year-old waif (Nicole Alysia), whose father has been murdered by thugs, to her mother.
Arg0:	*trace-3* -> *trace-1* -> the Tramp
REL:	cure
Arg1:	*trace-4* -> *trace-2* -> a blind girl

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


doctor and illness (-)
The big question is whether the new president will have the strength and the political support in Congress *trace* to take steps *trace* to cure Brazil's economic ills.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> the new president
REL:	cure
Arg2:	Brazil's economic ills

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


treatment and illness (-)
It could point to plenty of ailments that the Spanish economic rejuvenation so far has failed *trace-1* to cure *trace-2*.
Arg3:	*trace-1* -> the Spanish economic rejuvenation
REL:	cure
Arg2:	*trace-2* -> that -> ailments

This is by far the most common structure. person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
Mary cured John of debilitating migraines with amputation.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	cured
Arg1:	John
Arg2-of:	debilitating migraines
Arg3-with:	amputation

Think about it.