Predicate: assume

assume: Frames file for 'assume' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'take_on' and 'think'.

Roleset id: assume.01 , acquire, vncls: 93, framnet:

assume.01: VN, FN updated by Julia. Member of VNcls 93.

Roles:

        I doubt the other/higher numbered args will appear, but anything is possible.
        Arg0: entity acquiring something (vnrole: 93-agent)
        Arg1: thing being acquired (vnrole: 93-theme)
        Arg2: acquired-from
        Arg3: price paid
        Arg4: benefactive

Example: acquire, take on

        Primerica, as expected, also acquired certain assets of the agency
        and assumed certain of its liabilities.

        Arg0: Primerica
        Argm-dis: as expected
        Argm-ds: also
        Rel: assumed
        Arg1: certain of its liabilities

Roleset id: assume.02 , believe, vncls: , framnet:

assume.02: Important: There is *no* target for the trace! The automatic tagging tries to find one and inevitably picks something wrong. No corresponding VN class.

Roles:

        Arg0: Thinker
        Arg1: Thought
        Arg2: Attributive

Example: with a clear assumer

        He suggests, for example, that investors may have assumed that
        just because UAL couldn't get financing, no leveraged buy-outs can
        get financing.

        Arg0: investors
        Argm-mod: may
        Rel: assumed
        Arg1: that just because UAL couldn't get financing, no leveraged buy-outs can get financing

Example: discourse function

        He also said that after the charges, and `` *trace* assuming no
        dramatic fluctuation in interest rates, the company expects to
        achieve near-record earnings in 1990.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: assuming
        Arg1: no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates