Predicate: extort

extort: Frames file for 'extort' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 10.5.

Roleset id: extort.01 , extract money from, under pressure, vncls: 10.5, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, extorter (vnrole: 10.5-Agent)
        Arg1: money (vnrole: 10.5-Theme)
        Arg2: source (vnrole: 10.5-Source)

Example: all args

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

        According to testimony in a public, 80-page grand-jury report
        handed up to the state attorney general, Judge O'Kicki extorted
        cash from lawyers, muscled favorable loans from banks and bullied
        local businesses for more than a decade.

        Arg0: Judge O'Kicki
        Rel: extorted
        Arg1: cash
        Arg2: from lawyers
        ArgM-TMP: for more than a decade

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        The judge now says it was ``unfortunate'' that he chose to write
        the letter but says ``there was certainly no intent *trace* to
        extort there.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: extort

Example: missing arg defaults to 'money'

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

        The question is how much you get tied in with seedy characters so
        they can extort you.''

        Arg0: they
        ArgM-MOD: can
        Rel: extort
        Arg2: you