Predicate: persuade

persuade: Frames file for 'persuade' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry urge-58.1, Framenet entry Suasion2. Comparison with 'convince'.

Roleset id: persuade.01 , impelled action, vncls: 58.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: convincer (vnrole: 58.1-agent)
        Arg1: impelled agent (vnrole: 58.1-patient)
        Arg2: impelled action, proposition (vnrole: 58.1-proposition)

Example: impelled action

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

        Mr. de Cholet said [Mr. Fournier]-1's biggest hope was *trace*-1 to
        somehow persuade regulatory authorities to block the bid.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-adv: somehow
        Rel: persuade
        Arg1: regulatory authorities
        Arg2: to block the bid

Example: proposition

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

        In an attempt *trace*-1 to persuade investors that his bid wasn't
        just ``a stock play,'' [Mr. Trump]-1 promised last week to notify the
        market before selling any shares.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: persuade
        Arg1: investors
        Arg2: his bid was n't just `` a stock play