Predicate: soothe
Roleset id: soothe.01 , to calm, vncls: 31.1 59, framnet: Experiencer_obj
soothe.01: Based on survey of sentences in WSJ. Member of VNcls amuse-31.1, force-59.
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 31.1-cause, 59-agent)
Arg1: entity soothed (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer, 59-patient)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
However , at a news conference Thursday , Mrs. Aquino backed the project and said [0] [her government]-1 was attempting [*-1] to soothe the feelings of residents at the original site , adjacent to the government 's major petroleum refinery in Bataan province .
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: soothe
Arg1: the feelings of residents at the original site , adjacent to the government 's major petroleum refinery in Bataan province