Predicate: obligate

Roleset id: obligate.01 , impelled action, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

obligate.01: OBLIGATE-V NOTES: The only difference between 'oblige' and 'obligate' is that the lattercan only occur in the passive. The former also prefers the passive,though. (from obligate.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
obligate (v.)
obligation (n.)being_obligated
oblige (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causal agent (vnrole: 59-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: obligated, impelled agent (vnrole: 59-Patient)
        Arg2-PRD: obligation, impelled action (vnrole: 59-Result)

Example: always passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Thus, [an institution]-1 obligated *trace*-1 to make fixed-rate interest payments on debt swaps the payments with another making floating-rate payments.

        Rel: obligated
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to make fixed-rate interest payments on debt

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ; journalists-1 would be obliged [*-1] to kowtow to their government , which [*T*-28]would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*] to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas .

        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: obliged
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: to kowtow to their government , which [*T*-28] would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*]to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas

Example: Args 1 and 2

        the obligation *ich-2* of the international community and the United States and there has been support across Europe for this [SBAR-2] that the Afghans be reminded that in their own constitution they have enshrined the universal declaration on human rights which guarantees certain religious freedoms

        Rel: obligation
        Arg2: *ich-2*
        Arg1: of the international community and the United States

Example: Args 1 and 2

        an obligation of government service for all young people

        Rel: obligation
        Arg2: of government service
        Arg1: for all young people

Example: Args 1 and 2 (are you seeing a pattern here?)

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        its obligation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

        Arg1: its
        Rel: obligation
        Arg2: to reduce carbon dioxide emissions


Predicate: oblige

Roleset id: oblige.02 , to please or help, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

oblige.02: OBLIGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'oblige' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from oblige.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
oblige (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: pleaser, helper
        Arg1-PPT: please or help whom? entity pleased by arg 0

Example: intransitive

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

        The Rev. Alphonsus Trabold , a theology professor and exorcism expert at St. Bonaventure University in Olean , N.Y. , frequently is asked [*-1] [*-2]to exorcise unruly spirits , and he often obliges .

        Arg0: he
        Argm-tmp: often
        Rel: obliges

Example: With arg 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        It was very nice of y'all *PRO* to oblige us.

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Rel: oblige
        Arg1: us