Predicate: harm

harm: Frames file for 'harm' based on sentences in wsj. There must be some Verbnet entry, but I don't know what it is. Comparison with 'damage'.

Roleset id: harm.01 , cause damage, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

harm.01: To avoid excessive agonizing over the agent/instrument distinction, only use arg2 when arg0 is also present.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
        Arg1: entity damaged (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument

Example: nice and simple

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

        She said there is ``growing realization'' around the world that
        denial of intellectual-property rights harms all trading nations,
        and particularly the ``creativity and inventiveness of an
        offending country's own citizens.''

        Arg0: denial of intellectual-property rights
        Rel: harms
        Arg1: all trading nations, and particularly the ``creativity and inventiveness of an offending country's own citizens

Example: with instrument

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

        Critics of poison pills argue that they harm shareholders by
        letting corporate management defeat takeover bids at premium
        prices...

        Arg0: they
        Rel: harm
        Arg1: shareholders
        Arg2: by letting corporate management defeat takeover bids at premium prices

Example: passivized non-agentive subject

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

        The class-action suit highlights shortcomings of the Trans-Alaska
        Pipeline Liability Fund, which gets its money from oil companies
        using the pipeline and compensates those harmed by oil spills.

        Arg1: those
        Rel: harmed
        Arg0: by oil spills

Example: unusual preposition introducing passivized subject

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Although [the average citizen]-1 is probably not harmed *trace*-1 too
        much from Washington's rhetorical war against Wall Street
        regarding excessive financial leveraging, actual legislation would
        probably impose considerable harm.

        ArgM-DIS: probably
        ArgM-NEG: not
        Rel: harmed
        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-EXT: too much
        Arg0: from Washington's rhetorical war against Wall Street regarding excessive financial leveraging