Frameset

Predicate commit:

Frames file for 'commit' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no comparison.

Roleset commit.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "be strongly attached to":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent

Arg1:entity committed

Arg2:committed to

Examples:

past

active

full

just transitive (-)
`The banks jointly committed $1.2 billion of financing, subject to certain conditions, McCaw said.`
Arg0:	The banks
ArgM-MNR:	jointly
REL:	committed
Arg1:	$1.2 billion of financing, subject to certain conditions

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
passive with committed-to (-)

``This tells you AT&T is serious about continuing to manage their cost structure and is committed *trace* to 20%-a-year earnings growth,'' said Jack Grubman, an analyst with PaineWebber Inc.

REL: committed

Arg1: *trace* -> AT&T

Arg2-to: 20%-a-year earnings growth

passive with committed-to (-)
``This tells you AT&T is serious about continuing to manage their cost structure and is committed trace to 20%-a-year earnings growth,'' said Jack Grubman, an analyst with PaineWebber Inc.
REL:	committed
Arg1:	trace -> AT&T
Arg2-to:	20%-a-year earnings growth

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
passive often interpreted as ADJP (-)

In an interview Wednesday with Dow Jones Professional Investor Report, Mr. Stevens said, ``We're in no way committed to a deal going through at all.

Arg1: We

ArgM-MNR: in no way

REL: committed

Arg2-to: a deal going through at all

passive often interpreted as ADJP (-)
In an interview Wednesday with Dow Jones Professional Investor Report, Mr. Stevens said, ``We're in no way committed to a deal going through at all.
Arg1:	We
ArgM-MNR:	in no way
REL:	committed
Arg2-to:	a deal going through at all

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
but not always (-)

He added the airline isn't committed *trace* to going forward with any new bid, and hasn't participated in bankers' efforts to revive the transaction that collapsed.

ArgM-NEG: n't

REL: committed

Arg1: *trace* -> the airline

Arg2-to: going forward with any new bid

but not always (-)
`He added the airline isn't committed trace to going forward with any new bid, and hasn't participated in bankers' efforts to revive the transaction that collapsed.`
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	committed
Arg1:	trace -> the airline
Arg2-to:	going forward with any new bid

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
different sense, same syntax (-)

Mary committed John to a mental asylum.

Arg0: Mary

REL: committed

Arg1: John

Arg2-to: a mental asylum

different sense, same syntax (-)
`Mary committed John to a mental asylum.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	committed
Arg1:	John
Arg2-to:	a mental asylum

Roleset commit.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "commit a crime":

Roles:

Arg0:criminal

Arg1:crime

Examples:

present

both

active

participle

I am not a criminal! (-)
Yesterday, U.S. Judge Alcee Hastings faced his jury -- the full U.S. Senate -- and said, ``I am not guilty of having committed any crime.''
Arg0:	trace -> I
REL:	committed
Arg1:	any crime