Predicate: mollify
Roleset id: mollify.01 , cause to be happy, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
mollify.01: MOLLIFY-V NOTES: I've always thought 'mollify' should also mean "make someone beMolly", but that never seems to occur. (from mollify.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| mollify (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: Stimulus (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
Arg1-PPT: patient, made happy (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2-MNR: instrument or manner
Example: just transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
*trace*-1 To mollify shareholders concerned about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement, BellSouth-1 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: *trace*
Rel: mollify
Arg1: shareholders concerned about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement