Predicate: apologize

apologize: Frames file for 'apologize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: apologize.01 , be contrite, vncls: , framnet:

apologize.01: Could also be a verb of saying: "'I'm sorry,' apologized Mary." but this doesn't occur in wsj.

Roles:

        Arg0: apologist
        Arg1: apologize for
        Arg2: apologized to

Example: intransitive

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

        The company later apologized and agreed to make $8 million in
        contributions to charities chosen by him.

        Arg0: The company
        ArgM-TMP: later
        Rel: apologized

Example: transitive

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

        [Fujitsu Ltd.'s top executive]-1 took the unusual step of *trace*-1
        publicly apologizing for his company's making bids of just one yen
        for several local government projects, while computer rival NEC
        Corp. made a written apology for indulging in the same practice.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        ArgM-MNR: publicly
        Rel: apologizing
        Arg1: for his company's making bids of just one yen for several local government projects

Example: with apologized-to

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

        Mary always apologized to John after hitting him, but she kept
        doing it anyway.

        Arg0: Mary
        Argm-TMP: always
        Rel: apologized
        Arg2: to John
        Argm-TMP: after hitting him