Predicate: tackle

Roleset id: tackle.01 , to deal with, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

tackle.01: TACKLE-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of VNcls confront-98 (from tackle.01-v) TACKLE-N NOTES: Based on ontonotes nouns. Comparison to tackle.01-v. Tackle.01-v is a member o VN class confront-98. Framed by Katie. (from tackle.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
tackle (v.)
tackle (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: tackler, entity dealing with something, agent (vnrole: 98-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing tackled (vnrole: 98-Theme)
        Arg2-MNR: means, strategy (vnrole: 98-Instrument)

Example: arbitrary subject

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

        With lipsticks , liners , lotions and creams , There are still beauty plans left [0]-1 [*]to tackle [*T*-1] : But as the years go by , it seems That before I paint , I should spackle .

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: tackle
        Arg1: [*T*-1] (= [0])
        Argm-slc: [0] -> beauty plans

Example: transitive

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

        [The program]-1 is n't afraid [*-1]to tackle controversial topics such as nuclear weapons and the environment .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: tackle
        Arg1: controversial topics such as nuclear weapons and the environment

Example: with Arg2

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

        International Business Machines Corp. unveiled a broad strategy [0] [*T*-2]to tackle the biggest problem that manufacturers face when computerizing their operations : Most machines ca n't talk to each other .

        Arg2: [*T*-2] (= [0])
        Argm-slc: [0] -> a broad strategy
        Rel: tackle
        Arg1: the biggest problem that manufacturers face [*T*-1] when [*]computerizing their operations [*T*-3] : Most machines ca n't talk to each other

Example: how is this a noun exactly?

        Steven Berle tackles that issue in "After How America Confronted the September 12th Era."

        Arg0: Steven Berle
        Rel: tackles
        Arg1: that issue in "After How America Confronted the September 12th Era."