Predicate: placate

Roleset id: placate.01 , cause to be happy, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

placate.01: PLACATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'placate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 31.1, other framed members include comfort, convince, depress, encourage, entice, exhaust, interest, reassure, repel, scare, shock, spook, threaten, and worry, probably among others. Framenet entry Experiencer_obj. Comparison with comfort. (from placate.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
placate (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer (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

        [The debt, estimated at $4.7 billion,]-1 could mortgage the cellular company's future earning power in order *trace*-1 to placate some LIN holders in the short term.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: placate
        Arg1: some LIN holders
        Argm-tmp: in the short term

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        Vojislav Kostunica is meeting with his team today with the goal of getting rid of as many old faces as possible while placating those still loyal to ousted leader Slobodan Milosevic .

        Arg0: []
        Rel: placating
        Arg1: those still loyal to ousted leader Slobodan Milosevic