Predicate: palliation

Roleset id: palliation.01 , Relieving or alleviating symptoms (temporarily), vncls: 80, framnet:

palliation.01: ameliorate.01

Roles:

        Arg0: Cause of improvement, Agent (vnrole: 80-cause)
        Arg1: Entity becoming better (vnrole: 80-theme)
        Arg2: Instrument, if separate from Agent

Example: Arg0,1

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

        Colostomy had a lasting beneficial effect upon the stricture in addition to its palliation of the symptoms of obstruction.

        Arg0: its
        Rel: palliation
        Arg1: of the symptoms of obstruction