Roleset empathize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "feel for":

Roles:

Arg0:empathizer


Arg1:empathized with

Examples:

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


is it transitive when there's a preposition? (-)
These are the sensitive souls who *trace* can empathize with *trace* and even enjoy hearing about other people's troubles, no matter how haltingly or predictably the sad tale is told.
Arg0:	*trace* -> who -> the sensitive souls
ArgM-MOD:	can
REL:	empathize
Arg1-with:	*trace* -> other people 's troubles

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


intransitive (-)
But Mr. Guber figured that Warner Communications Inc. chairman Steven Ross, would empathize and let the producers go, knowing the Sony offer was ``the culmination of a life's work.''
Arg0:	Warner Communications Inc. chairman Steven Ross
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	empathize