Roleset assuage.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "mend someone's hurt feelings":

Roles:

Arg0:mender, causer, agent


Arg1:hurt feelings, or person with hurt feelings

Examples:

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


person with feelings (-)
Like all Americans seeking chronic prosperity, I do find it necessary [*] to plunge certain funds into conservative monetary tools, if only [*-3] to assuage my father-in-law, who believes in such things.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> [*] -> I
REL:	assuage
Arg1:	my father-in-law, who believes in such things

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


feelings themselves (-)
Instead, he says, if the salespeople can get the customers to consider Wang's products on their merits, he or a top financial officer will try [*-2] to assuage the fears about finances.
Arg0:	[*-2] -> he or a top financial officer
REL:	assuage
Arg1:	the fears about finances