Predicate: discourage
discourage: Frames file for 'discourage' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset id: discourage.01 , to deprive of confidence, induce inaction, vncls: 67 77 31.1, framnet:
Roles:
Args 1 & 2 map to what is treated as a single argument in VN. Wonder who's right? Only the TreeBankers know...or it's inconsistent.
Arg0: entity removing confidence, agent (vnrole: 67-agent, 77-agent, 31.1-cause)
Arg1: entity discouraged (vnrole: 67-theme, 77-proposition, 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2: discouraged from (vnrole: 77-proposition, 67-theme)
Example: passive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
With the stock market wobbly and [dollar buyers]-2 discouraged [*-2] by signs of U.S. economic weakness and the recent decline in U.S. interest rates that [*T*-1] has diminished the attractiveness of dollar-denominated investments , traders say [0] the dollar is still in a precarious position .
Rel: discouraged
Arg1: [*-2]
Arg0: by signs of U.S. economic weakness and the recent decline in U.S. interest rates that [*T*-1] has diminished the attractiveness of dollar-denominated investments
Example: arbitrary subject
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
As followers of the debate over a capital-gains tax cut know [*?*] , there is much talk in Congress and indeed all over Washington about the need [*] to `` encourage '' long-term investment and discourage the financial sector 's presumed obsession with the short term .
Arg0: [*]
Rel: discourage
Arg1: the financial sector 's presumed obsession with the short term
Example: transitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Administration pressure discourages any effort [*] to add to total funding , and the Senate changes are expected [*-1] to be largely technical -- [*-3] dealing with highway aid and lifting the ceiling on total Small Business Administration loans to $ 1.8 billion [*U*] [*-2] to accommodate the increased activity expected [*] .
Arg0: Administration pressure
Rel: discourages
Arg1: any effort [*] to add to total funding
Example: all arguments
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They discourage prosecutors , under certain circumstances , from [*-1] seeking court orders seizing the assets of racketeering defendants prior to trial .
Arg0: They
Rel: discourage
Arg1: prosecutors
Argm-adv: under certain circumstances
Arg2: from [*-1] seeking court orders seizing the assets of racketeering defendants prior to trial