Predicate: assail

assail: Frames file for 'assail' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: assail.01 , to attack viciously, vncls: 33, framnet: Attack

Roles:

        Arg0: assailant, agent (vnrole: 33-agent)
        Arg1: entity assailed (vnrole: 33-theme)
        Arg2: assailed for (vnrole: 33-predicate)

Example: all arguments

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

        At a meeting in Malaysia , Australia and Canada also assailed the British prime minister for [*-1] criticizing the 49-nation group 's call for Pretoria to ease apartheid .

        Argm-loc: At a meeting in Malaysia
        Arg0: Australia and Canada
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: assailed
        Arg1: the British prime minister
        Arg2: for [*-1] criticizing the 49-nation group 's call for Pretoria to ease apartheid

Example: passive

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

        The futures halt was even assailed [*-1] by Big Board floor traders .

        Argm-adv: even
        Rel: assailed
        Arg1: [*-1] -> The futures halt
        Arg0-by: Big Board floor traders