Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] ENCOURAGE NP2[patient[inanimate]]
Examples:
We should encourage good eating habits in our children.
The tax break is encouraging business growth in the lower income neighborhoods.
Mappings:
VerbNet: promote-102,approve-77
FrameNet: Attempt_suasion
PropBank: encourage.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] ENCOURAGE NP2[patient[animate]]
Examples:
He is trying to encourage her every day during her chemotherapy treatments.
His success with the first novel encouraged him to write a second.
Mappings:
VerbNet: advise-37.9,amuse-31.1,approve-77,force-59
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: encourage.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3