Predicate: fail

fail: Frames file for 'fail' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus

Roleset id: fail.01 , not succeed, vncls: 74-2 75-1-1, framnet: Success_or_failure , Successful_action

fail.01: Member of VNcls succeed-74-2, neglect-75-1-1.

Roles:

        I'm pretty sure arg0 doesn't exist here, and that it's a relic of a time when fail.01 and fail.02 were combined.
        Arg0: assessor of not failing
        Arg1: thing failing (vnrole: 74-2-agent, 75-1-1-agent)
        Arg2: task (vnrole: 74-2-theme, 75-1-1-theme)
        Arg3: benefactive

Example: sentential task

        Saudi Arabia allegedly failed to honor US patents, copyrights, and
        other intellectual-property rights.

        Arg1: Saudi Arabia
        Argm-adv: allegedly
        Rel: failed
        Arg2: to honor US patents, copyrights, and other intellectual-property rights

Example: NP task

        John failed calculus twice.

        Arg1: John
        Rel: failed
        Arg2: calculus
        Argm-tmp: twice

Example: with benefactive

        My car failed on me this morning.

        Arg1: My car
        Rel: failed
        Arg3: on me
        Argm-tmp: this morning

Roleset id: fail.02 , give failing grade, vncls: , framnet: -

fail.02: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: teacher
        Arg1: student

Example: I wish I could do this

        The evil professor failed all of his students.

        Arg0: The evil professor
        Rel: failed
        Arg1: all of his students