Predicate: assuage
assuage: Frames file for 'assuage' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1.
Roleset id: assuage.01 , mend someone's hurt feelings, vncls: 31.1, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: mender, causer, agent (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
Arg1: hurt feelings, or person with hurt feelings (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
Example: person with feelings
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Like all Americans seeking chronic prosperity, [I]*-3 do find it
necessary [*] to plunge certain funds into conservative monetary
tools, if only [*-3] to assuage my father-in-law, who believes in
such things.
Arg0: [*-3]
Rel: assuage
Arg1: my father-in-law, who believes in such things
Example: feelings themselves
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Instead, he says, if the salespeople can get the customers to
consider Wang's products on their merits, [he or a top financial
officer]*-2 will try [*-2] to assuage the fears about finances.
Arg0: [*-2]
Rel: assuage
Arg1: the fears about finances