Predicate: plead
Roleset id: plead.01 , beg, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
plead.01: PLEAD-V NOTES: Frames file for 'plead' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison to 'beg'. (from plead.01-v predicate notes) PLEA-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb plead.01, no mapping to VerbNet. Framed by Claire. (from plea.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
plead (v.) | Request | |
plea (n.) | Request | |
make_plea (l.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: begger, appealer
        Arg1-GOL: appealed to, begged from
        Arg2-PRP: begged/appealed for
Example: ARG0 and ARG2 and ARG1
        I take advantage of this opportunity given to me by The Wall Street Journal to make a plea to the millions of readers of this newspaper , to become soldiers dedicated to the fight against the use of drugs .
        Arg0: I
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: plea
        Arg2: to become soldiers dedicated to the fight against the use of drugs
        Arg1: to the millions of readers of this newspaper
Example: Les Miserables plot
        Javert unjustly arrests her, but her plea to him for leniency is overheard by Valjean, who overrules Javert and demands her release.
        Arg0: her
        Rel: plea
        Arg1: to him
        Arg2: for leniency
Example: Fragment, all arguments
        pleas for aid from South Carolina small businesses
        Rel: pleas
        Arg2: for aid
        Arg0: from South Carolina small businesses
Roleset id: plead.02 , state guilt or innocence, give a plea in court, misspelling of plead?, give an answer, reply to charges, usually in court, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
plead.02: PLEAD-V NOTES: Treebank offers two different syntaxes (syntactes) for thisconstruction. Under one, the plea and the crime are two separatenodes:(ADJP (ADJ guilty))(PP (P to)(NP whatever))Under the other, they are merged:(ADJP (ADJ guilty) (PP (P to) (NP whatever)))You'll have to pick apart the latter syntax to get to the arguments. (from plead.02-v) PLEA-V NOTES: Roleset based on instances in wsj-nw. Framed by Claire; comparison to plea-n.02 and plead-v.02. (from plea.01-v) PLEA-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb plead.02. No mapping to VerbNet. Framed by Claire. (from plea.02-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
plead (v.) | Entering_of_plea | |
plea (v.) | | |
plea (n.) | Entering_of_plea | |
make_plea (l.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: the accused
        Arg1-PPT: guilty or innocent
        Arg2-GOL: alleged crime
Example: typical example
        Southern Co.'s Gulf Power Co. subsidiary pleaded guilty to two felony charges of conspiracy to make illegal political contributions and tax evasion, and paid $500,000 in fines.
        Arg0: Southern Co. 's Gulf Power Co. subsidiary
        Rel: pleaded
        Arg1: guilty
        Arg2: to two felony charges of conspiracy to make illegal political contributions and tax evasion
Example: Args 0 & 2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        Drexel therefore agreed instead to an arrangement allowing it to plea to charges "which the company is not in a position to dispute" because of RICO.
        Arg0: it
        Rel: plea
        Arg2: to charges "which the company is not in a position to dispute" because of RICO.
Example: Fragment, all arguments
        The firm 's guilty plea to federal insider-trading charges
        Arg0: The firm 's
        Arg1: guilty
        Rel: plea
        Arg2: to federal insider-trading charges
Example: Args 0 and 1
        They have obtained a guilty plea from another person in thegovernment 's ongoing probe of illegal payments in the recordindustry.
        Arg1: guilty
        Rel: plea
        Arg0: from another person