Roleset force.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "impelled action":

Roles:

Arg0:forcer


Arg1:impelled agent


Arg2:impelled action

Examples:

sentential predicate (-)
Commonwealth Edison said the ruling could force it to slash its 1989 earnings by $1.55 a share.
Arg0:	the ruling
Argm-MOD:	could
REL:	force
Arg1:	it
Arg2:	to slash its 1989 earnings by $1.55 a share.




prepositional predicate (-)
Low test scores force entire districts into wrenching, state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.
Arg0:	Low test scores
REL:	force
Arg1:	entire districts
Arg2-into:	wrenching, state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.




preposition and passive (-)
Insurance agents have been forced *trace* by their companies into *trace* becoming registered reps.
Arg1:	*trace*=Insurance agents
REL:	forced
Arg0-by:	their companies
Arg2-into:	*trace* becoming registered reps




weird tertiary predication (-)
R. Gordon McGovern was forced *trace* out as Campbell Soup's president and CEO.
Arg1:	*trace*=R. Gordon McGovern
REL:	forced
Arg2-DIR:	out
Argm-PRD:	as Campbell Soup's president and CEO.




and again (-)
Arm troubles forced him back to the minors the next year.
Arg0:	Arm troubles
REL:	forced
Arg1:	him
Arg2-DIR:	back
Argm-DIR:	to the minors
Argm-TMP:	the next year

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Roleset force.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "force a thing":

Roles:

Arg0:forcer


Arg1:thing forced


Arg2:benefactive, forced-on

Examples:

typical (-)
The new pact will force huge debt on the new firm.
Arg0:	The new pact
Argm-MOD:	will
REL:	force
Arg1:	huge debt
Arg2-on:	the new firm




nominal predicate (-)
The scandal forced John's resignation.
Arg0:	The scandal
REL:	forced
Arg1:	John's resignation