Predicate: lobby

Roleset id: lobby.01 , ask a favor, ask a request, ask for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

lobby.01: LOBBY-V NOTES: This syntax will probably be misparsed consistently--you'll have to --break up an S node. (from lobby.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
lobby (v.)
lobbying (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: asker (vnrole: 58.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: favor (vnrole: 58.1-Topic)
        Arg2-GOL: hearer (vnrole: 58.1-Recipient)

Example: lobby-v: favor as infinitive

        Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding, is prepared to bid for the entire company and had lobbied the government to lift the takeover restrictions early.

        Arg0: Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding,
        Rel: lobbied
        Arg2: the government
        Arg1: to lift the takeover restrictions early

Example: lobby-v: favor as PP

        That was seen as an advantage in *trace* lobbying airline employees and Washington regulators for approval of the contested takeover.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: lobbying
        Arg2: airline employees and Washington regulators
        Arg1: for approval of the contested takeover

Example: lobby-v: just favor

        AMR-1 had also sought *trace*-1 to foil Mr. Trump in Congress by *trace*-1 lobbying for legislation that would have bolstered the authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline buy-outs.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: lobbying
        Arg1: for legislation that would have bolstered the authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline buy-outs