Predicate: inform

inform: Frames file for 'inform' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: inform.01 , cause to know, vncls: 37.2 37.9, framnet: Reporting Telling

inform.01: Member of Vncls advise-37.9, tell-37.2. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: informer (vnrole: 37.2-agent, 37.9-agent)
        Arg1: informed (vnrole: 37.2-recipient, 37.9-recipient)
        Arg2: information (vnrole: 37.2-topic, 37.9-topic)

Example: inform an SBAR

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

        But a much smaller mutual fund company, the USAA Investment
        Management Co. unit of USAA, San Antonio, Texas, said it informed
        nine national brokerage firms that it will cease business with
        them unless they stop index-arbitrage trading.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: informed
        Arg1: nine national brokerage firms
        Arg2: that it will cease business with them unless they stop index-arbitrage trading

Example: inform a wh-clause

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        One source familiar with the airline said, however, that [Mr. Corr]-1
        wasn't informed *trace*-1 in advance during the summer when
        Mr. Lorenzo began discussions with potential buyers.

        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: informed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-tmp: in advance
        Argm-tmp: during the summer
        Arg2: when Mr. Lorenzo began discussions with potential buyers

Example: inform of

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

        During his tenure, [Mr. Corr]-1 attempted through a series of meetings
        *trace*-1 to inform managers of some of the company's future plans,
        traveled widely to talk to employees and backed training sessions
        designed to improve the carrier's image.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: inform
        Arg1: managers
        Arg2: of some of the company's future plans

Example: inform about

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

        [New York authorities]-1, informed *trace*-1 yesterday about the move,
        reacted with concern and even some anger to the idea of the
        nation's third-largest corporation leaving without giving them an
        opportunity to accommodate it.

        Rel: informed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Argm-tmp: yesterday
        Arg2: about the move