Predicate: volunteer

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

Roleset id: volunteer.01 , to give or offer to give voluntarily, vncls: 29.8 37.7, framnet: Commitment

volunteer.01: Member of Vncls captain-29.8, say-37.7.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity volunteering, voluntary agent (vnrole: 29.8-agent, 37.7-agent)
        Arg1: thing offered (vnrole: 29.8-theme, 37.7-topic)
        Arg2: recipient (vnrole: 37.7-recipient)

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        We will not know until a first generation of female guinea pigs -- [all of whom]-1 [*T*-1]-2 will be more than happy [*-2] to volunteer for the job -- has put the abortion pill through the clinical test of time .

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: volunteer
        Arg1: for the job

Example: all arguments

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

        Sen. Alan Cranston trekked over to the House side of Capitol Hill a few days ago and volunteered his testimony to fellow Democrat Rep. Henry Gonzalez .

        Arg0: Sen. Alan Cranston
        Rel: volunteered
        Arg1: his testimony
        Arg2: to fellow Democrat Rep. Henry Gonzalez