Frameset - empathize-v

Predicate: empathize

empathize: Frames file for 'empathize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: empathize.01 , feel for, vncls: 88.2, framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: empathizer (vnrole: 88.2-Experiencer)
Arg1: empathized with (vnrole: 88.2-Cause)

Example: is it transitive when there's a preposition?

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

        These are the sensitive souls who *trace* can empathize with
        *trace*-1 and even enjoy hearing about [other people's troubles]-1, no
        matter how haltingly or predictably the sad tale is told.

        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: who -> the sensitive souls
        ArgM-MOD: can
        Rel: empathize
        Arg1: with *trace*

Example: intransitive

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

        But Mr. Guber figured that Warner Communications Inc. chairman
        Steven Ross, would empathize and let the producers go, knowing the
        Sony offer was ``the culmination of a life's work.''

        Arg0: Warner Communications Inc. chairman Steven Ross
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: empathize