Frameset

Predicate mollify:

Frames file for 'mollify' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 31.1, other framed members include comfort, convince, depress, encourage, entice, exhaust, interest, reassure, repel, scare, shock, spook, threaten, and worry, probably among others. Framenet entry Experiencer_obj. Comparison with comfort.

Roleset mollify.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be happy":

Roles:

Arg0:causer

Arg1:patient, made happy

Arg2:instrument or manner

Examples:

infinitive

just transitive (-)
`trace To mollify shareholders concerned about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement, BellSouth also agreed to pay as much as $10 a share, or $540 million, if, after five years, the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized from the McCaw offer.`
Arg0:	BellSouth -> trace
REL:	mollify
Arg1:	shareholders concerned about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement

I've always thought 'mollify' should also mean "make someone be Molly", but that never seems to occur.