Predicate: lobby

lobby: Frames file for 'lobby' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'ask' et al.

Roleset id: lobby.01 , ask a favor, ask a request, ask for, vncls: 58.1, framnet:

lobby.01: This syntax will probably be misparsed consistently--you'll have to --break up an S node.

Roles:

        Arg0: asker (vnrole: 58.1-Agent)
        Arg1: favor (vnrole: 58.1-Proposition)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 58.1-Patient)

Example: favor as infinitive

        Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding, is prepared to
        bid for the entire company and had lobbied the government to lift
        the takeover restrictions early.

        Arg0: Ford, which already has an unwelcome 13.2% holding,
        Rel: lobbied
        Arg2: the government
        Arg1: to lift the takeover restrictions early

Example: favor as PP

        That was seen as an advantage in *trace* lobbying airline
        employees and Washington regulators for approval of the contested
        takeover.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: lobbying
        Arg2: airline employees and Washington regulators
        Arg1: for approval of the contested takeover

Example: just favor

        AMR-1 had also sought *trace*-1 to foil Mr. Trump in Congress by
        *trace*-1 lobbying for legislation that would have bolstered the
        authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline
        buy-outs.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: lobbying
        Arg1: for legislation that would have bolstered the authority of the Transportation Department to reject airline buy-outs