Predicate: petition

petition: Frames file for 'petition' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: petition.01 , to address a petition to, to make a request, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: asker, agent
        Arg1: request

Example: transitive

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

        Shareholders ' attorneys at the New York firm of Milberg , Weiss , Bershad , Specthrie & Lerach last week petitioned for a rehearing of the case .

        Arg0: Shareholders ' attorneys at the New York firm of Milberg , Weiss , Bershad , Specthrie & Lerach
        ArgM-TMP: last week
        Rel: petitioned
        Arg1: for a rehearing of the case