Predicate: empathize

Roleset id: empathize.01 , feel for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

empathize.01: EMPATHIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'empathize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from empathize.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

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empathize (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: empathizer (vnrole: 88.2-Experiencer)
        Arg1-PAG: empathized with (vnrole: 88.2-Stimulus)

Example: is it transitive when there's a preposition?

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

        These are the sensitive souls who *trace* can empathize with *trace*-1 and even enjoy hearing about [other people's troubles]-1, no matter how haltingly or predictably the sad tale is told.

        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: who -> the sensitive souls
        ArgM-MOD: can
        Rel: empathize
        Arg1: with *trace*

Example: intransitive

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

        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