Predicate: compel
Roleset id: compel.01 , to force, drive, vncls: 59, framnet: -
compel.01: Based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Member of VNcls force-59. Comparison with 'force'.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 59-agent)
Arg1: impelled agent (vnrole: 59-patient)
Arg2: impelled action (vnrole: 59-proposition)
Example: all arguments
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
He recently voted `` present '' when the committee authorized a subpoena [0]-1 [*T*-2] to compel Mr. Keating to testify [*T*-1] , then changed his vote to yes .
Arg0: [*T*-2]
Rel: compel
Arg1: Mr. Keating
Arg2: to testify
Argm-mnr: [*T*-1] (= [0])
Argm-slc: [0] -> a subpoena
Example: passive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: passive, form: participle
That is , he-2 is being compelled [*-2] to put them on the market too soon , and has already gotten offers that are less than he paid for some of the art works .
Rel: compelled
Arg1: [*-2]
Arg2: to put them on the market too soon
Example: passive with adverbials
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Thus , in a criminal case , a prosecutor can not comment on a defendant 's failure to testify nor can [the defendant]-1 be compelled [*-1] to take the stand as a witness , thus forcing him to `` take the Fifth . ''
Argm-mod: can
Rel: compelled
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg2: to take the stand as a witness
Argm-adv: thus [*] forcing him to `` take the Fifth