Frameset

Predicate assure:

Frames file for 'assure' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison to 'surprise'.

Roleset assure.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "calm someone's nerves":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of assurance

Arg1:assured one

Arg2:assurance, utterance

Examples:

all args (-)
`A spokesman for AMR Corp. said Boeing has assured American Airlines it will deliver a 757 on time later this month.`
Arg0:	Boeing
REL:	assured
Arg1:	American Airlines
Arg2:	it will deliver a 757 on time later this month

passivized (-)
They also worry that if the government applies asset-forfeiture laws broadly, the best defense lawyers will be unwilling to take criminal cases unless they are assured *trace* of being paid.

REL: assured

Arg1: *trace* -> they

Arg2-of: being paid

passivized (-)
`They also worry that if the government applies asset-forfeiture laws broadly, the best defense lawyers will be unwilling to take criminal cases unless they are assured trace of being paid.`
REL:	assured
Arg1:	trace -> they
Arg2-of:	being paid

almost adjectival (-)
It was in Jaguar's best interests ``for the company's future to be assured and the present climate of uncertainty resolved as quickly as possible,'' Mr. Ridley said.

Arg1: the company 's future

REL: assured

almost adjectival (-)
It was in Jaguar's best interests ``for the company's future to be assured and the present climate of uncertainty resolved as quickly as possible,'' Mr. Ridley said.
Arg1:	the company 's future
REL:	assured

The line between passive and adjectival is very thin, so go ahead and tag everything.