Predicate: force

force: Frames file for 'force' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'make'. This is a mess, by the way.

Roleset id: force.01 , impelled action, vncls: 59, framnet: Cause_motion

force.01: Member of VNcls force-59

Roles:

        Arg0: forcer (vnrole: 59-agent)
        Arg1: impelled agent (vnrole: 59-patient)
        Arg2: impelled action (vnrole: 59-proposition)

Example: sentential predicate

        Commonwealth Edison said the ruling could force it to slash its 1989
        earnings by $1.55 a share.

        Arg0: the ruling
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: force
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: to slash its 1989 earnings by $1.55 a share.

Example: prepositional predicate

        Low test scores force entire districts into wrenching,
        state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.

        Arg0: Low test scores
        Rel: force
        Arg1: entire districts
        Arg2: into wrenching, state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.

Example: preposition and passive

        [Insurance agents]-1 have been forced *trace*-1 by their companies into
        *trace* becoming registered reps.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: forced
        Arg0: by their companies
        Arg2: into *trace* becoming registered reps

Example: weird tertiary predication

        [R. Gordon McGovern]-1 was forced *trace*-1 out as Campbell Soup's
        president and CEO.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: forced
        Arg2: out
        Argm-prd: as Campbell Soup's president and CEO.

Example: and again

        Arm troubles forced him back to the minors the next year.

        Arg0: Arm troubles
        Rel: forced
        Arg1: him
        Arg2: back
        Argm-dir: to the minors
        Argm-tmp: the next year

Roleset id: force.02 , force a thing, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: forcer
        Arg1: thing forced
        Arg2: benefactive, forced-on

Example: typical

        The new pact will force huge debt on the new firm.

        Arg0: The new pact
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: force
        Arg1: huge debt
        Arg2: on the new firm

Example: nominal predicate

        The scandal forced John's resignation.

        Arg0: The scandal
        Rel: forced
        Arg1: John's resignation

Roleset id: force.03 , put, vncls: , framnet:

force.03: frame edited by Arrick

Roles:

        Arg0: put-er, not putter
        Arg1: thing put
        Arg2: where put

Example: abstract

        So in terms of emotional ties we don't want *-1 to force each other into categories.

        Arg0: [ *-1] [ We]
        Rel: force
        Arg1: each other
        Arg2: into categories