Predicate: confront

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

Roleset id: confront.01 , to engage in confrontation, vncls: 98, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: confrontational entity, agent (vnrole: 98-agent)
        Arg1: entity confronted (vnrole: 98-theme)
        Arg2: confronted with (vnrole: 98-instrument)

Example: transitive

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

        They confront stubborn inflation and a sagging economy , that is [*] to say , stagflation .

        Arg0: They
        Rel: confront
        Arg1: stubborn inflation and a sagging economy , that is [*] to say , stagflation

Example: with Arg2

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

        [*-2]-1 Confronted [*-1] with the evidence , [Mr. Tharp]-2 pleaded guilty to one charge of [*-2] filing a false return and was fined [*-2] $ 5,000 [*U*] and sentenced [*-2] to 18 months in prison .

        Rel: Confronted
        Arg1: Mr. Tharp
        Arg2: with the evidence