Predicate: approve
Roleset id: approve.01 , assent to, vncls: 31.3-6 64 33, framnet: Grant_permission
approve.01: Based on big corpus. Member of Vncls marvel-31.3-6, allow-64, judgement-33.
Roles:
Arg0: approver (vnrole: 31.3-6-experiencer, 64-agent, 33-agent)
Arg1: thing approved (vnrole: 31.3-6-cause, 64-theme, 33-theme)
Arg2: secondary attribute (vnrole: 33-predicate)
Example: NP approval
Shareholders approved Pacific First Financial's acquisition by Royal
Trustco Ltd of Toronto for $27 a share, or $212 million.
Arg0: Shareholders
Rel: approved
Arg1: Pacific First Financial's acquisition by Royal Trustco Ltd of Toronto for $27 a share, or $212 million.
Example: PP approval
50% of voters approve of the President's job performance.
Arg0: 50% of voters
Rel: approve
Arg1: of the President's job performance
Example: attribute with as
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
On Friday, the Merc's board announced that it had approved Sabine
Pipe Line Co.'s Henry Hub in Erath, La., as the delivery sit for
its long-awaited natural gas futures contract.
Arg0: it
Rel: approved
Arg1: Sabine Pipe Line Co.'s Henry Hub in Erath, La.,
Arg2-as: the delivery sit for its long-awaited natural gas futures contract
Example: attribute with for
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
Traditionally, the medical establishment has waited two years
*trace* to approve adult treatments for pediatric uses, because of
a compbination of conservative safety standards and red tape.
Arg0: *trace* -> the medical establishment
Rel: approve
Arg1: adult treatments
Arg2: for pediatric uses