Predicate: address

Roleset id: address.01 , put an address on, or speak to, vncls: 25.3, framnet: Referring_by_name Statement Speak_on_topic

address.01: Frames file for 'address' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet. Member of Vncls illustrate-25.3.

Roles:

        Arg0: addresser (vnrole: 25.3-agent)
        Arg1: item being addressed (letter, speech, etc) (vnrole: 25.3-destination)
        Arg2: hearer/recipient

Example: not quite literal

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

        [Mr. Skase's statement]-1 was addressed *trace*-1 to the stock exchange
        and appeared to be a response to the inquiry.

        Rel: addressed
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= Mr. Skase's statement)
        Arg2: to the stock exchange

Example: with label

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        John addressed Mary as "Ma'am".

        Arg0: John
        Rel: addressed
        Arg2: Mary
        Argm-prd: as "Ma'am"

Example: Dear John

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Mary addressed the letter to John.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: addressed
        Arg1: the letter
        Arg2: to John

Roleset id: address.02 , deal with, vncls: , framnet: Topic

address.02: No relevant VN class.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent
        Arg1: dealing with what
        Arg2: answer, dealing how

Example: just transitive

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

        That should help IBM address the damage that a resurgent Storage
        Technology Corp. has inflicted in that market.

        Arg0: IBM
        Rel: address
        Arg1: the damage that a resurgent Storage Technology Corp. has inflicted in that market

Example: with answer

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

        [Digital]-2 hopes *trace*-2 to address that with the debut of its first
        mainframe-class computers next Tuesday.

        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: address
        Arg1: that
        Arg2: with the debut of its first mainframe-class computers next Tuesday