Predicate: relieve

relieve: Frames file for 'relieve' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet. In the absence of arg2 the two rolesets might be easy to confuse although they are semantically quite distinct.

Roleset id: relieve.01 , help, ease, get rid of, vncls: 10.6, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: thing relieving (vnrole: 10.6-agent)
        Arg1: thing being helped, eased, gotten rid of (vnrole: 10.6-source)
        Arg2: benefactive

Example: straight transitive

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

        Ports in the Great Lakes and Atlantic Coast can also relieve
        pressure on New Orleans.

        Arg0: Ports in the Great Lakes and Atlantic Coast
        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: relieve
        Arg1: pressure on New Orleans

Example: benefactive: relieve of

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

        Mr. Wall relieved them of responsibility for supervising Lincoln
        in 1988.

        Arg0: Mr. Wall
        Rel: relieved
        Arg2: them
        Arg1: of responsibility for supervising Lincoln
        Argm-tmp: in 1988

Roleset id: relieve.02 , make feel better, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: reliever (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
        Arg1: patient, relieved (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument or manner

Example: prepositional arg0

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

        With investors relieved at the overnight gain in New York stocks,
        small-lot buying orders streamed into the market from early morning,
        making traders believe the market was back to normal.

        Arg1: investors
        Rel: relieved
        Arg0: at the overnight gain in New York stocks

Example: more normal arg0

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        And [some commuters]-1, relieved *trace*-1 by the absence of gridlock,
        were planning to return to their old ways.

        Rel: relieved
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the absence of gridlock

Example: sentential arg0

        Note that here the complementizer is mandatory!
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Around Wall Street, [trading desks]-1 were relieved *trace*-1 that they
        could at least play the market yesterday, in contrast to Friday's
        gridlock.

        Argm-loc: Around Wall Street
        Rel: relieved
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: that they could at least play the market yesterday, in contrast to Friday's gridlock