Predicate: undertake
undertake: Frames file for 'undertake' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset id: undertake.01 , to decide or agree to do, vncls: 55.1-1 98, framnet: Attempt , Commitment
undertake.01: VN, FN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls begin-55.1-1, confront-98.
Roles:
Arg0: decider, agreer (vnrole: 55.1-1-agent, 98-agent)
Arg1: thing undertaken (vnrole: 55.1-1-theme, 98-theme)
Arg2: other participant
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund
The meeting , which is expected to draw 20,000 to Bangkok , was going to be held at the Central Plaza Hotel , but the government balked at the hotel 's conditions for [*] undertaking necessary expansion .
Arg0: [*]
Rel: undertaking
Arg1: necessary expansion
Example: passive with purpose clause
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Ohbayashi officials said [0] [the purchase]-2 was undertaken [*-2] [*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City .
Rel: undertaken
Arg1: [*-2]
Argm-prp: [*] to participate in ventures in and around New York City
Example: all arguments
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
Mr. Furuta did n't disclose further details of the arrangement at a news conference , but said [0] [the project]-1 would be undertaken [*-1] with Ford 's European subsidiary .
Argm-mod: would
Rel: undertaken
Arg1: [*-1]
Arg2: with Ford 's European subsidiary
Example: arg1 as infinitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
David Boren, the Intelligence Committee chairman, is upset that
someone leaked a letter to the committee from the Reagan
administration suggesting that the U.S. would undertake [*-2] to
warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending
coup that might result in his assassination.
Arg0: the U.S.
Argm-mod: would
Rel: undertake
Arg1: [*-2] to warn Panamanian thug Manuel Noriega if it got wind of an impending coup that might result in his assassination.