Predicate: ingratiate
Roleset id: ingratiate.01 , cause to be grateful, suck up to, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
ingratiate.01: INGRATIATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'ingratiate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from ingratiate.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| ingratiate (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: sycophant
Arg1-PPT: us. 'self'
Arg2-GOL: grateful entity
Example: toady?
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
``It's not uncommon for [these guys]-3 to send pictures of themselves or their families [*-3]to ingratiate themselves to their clients,'' says Terree Bowers, chief of the major-frauds section of the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
Arg0: [*-3]
Rel: ingratiate
Arg1-rec: themselves
Arg2: to their clients