Frameset - ingratiate-v

Predicate: ingratiate

ingratiate: Frames file for 'ingratiate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: ingratiate.01 , cause to be grateful, suck up to, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: sycophant
        Arg1: us. 'self'
        Arg2: grateful entity

Example: toady?

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

        ``It's not uncommon for [these guys]-3 to send pictures of themselves
        or their families [*-3] to ingratiate themselves to their
        clients,'' says Terree Bowers, chief of the major-frauds section
        of the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: ingratiate
        Arg1-REC: themselves
        Arg2: to their clients