Predicate: pledge
pledge: Frames file for 'pledge' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet entry 55.1, comparison with promise and give.
Roleset id: pledge.01 , promise a thing to someone, vncls: 55.1, framnet:
pledge.01: These two senses should perhaps be distinguished since they do reverse
the order of args 1 and 2.
Roles:
Arg0: promiser (vnrole: 55.1-agent)
Arg1: person promised to
Arg2: promised thing or action (vnrole: 55.1-theme)
Example: pledge as give
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Maxicare also will guarantee that the banks will realize at least
$7 million on [certain notes]-1 pledged *trace*-1 to them.
Rel: pledged
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: to them
Example: pledge as promise
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
East Germany pledged to reduce alcohol consumption by boosting
production of soft drinks and fruit juices.
Arg0: East Germany
Rel: pledged
Arg2: to reduce alcohol consumption by boosting production of soft drinks and fruit juices