Roleset hop.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "hope":

Roles:

Arg0:hoper


Arg1:thing hoped (for)

Examples:

PP hoping (-)
Northeast still hopes for an expedited review by the FERG.
Arg0:	Northeast
Argm-TMP:	still
REL:	hopes
Arg1-for:	an expedited review by the FERG




SBAR hoping (-)
Consumer groups hope that Judge Curry's Byron 1 order may set a precedent for a second nuclear rate case involving Commonweath Edison.
Arg0:	Consumer groups
REL:	hope
Arg1:	Judge Curry's Byron 1 order may set a precedent for a second nuclear rate case involving Commonweath Edison.

As usual, drop the complementizer


it support (-)
It is hoped that other Japanese would then follow the leader.
REL:	hoped
Arg1:	other Japanese would then follow the leader




nasty passive-extraction (-)
John is hoped *trace* to win the Nobel Prize this year.
REL:	hoped
Arg1:	[John] [*trace* to win the Nobel Prize this year]

Most people seem to find this ungrammatical, or at least highly questionable. That doesn't mean it won't appear in WSJ.


missing arg1 (-)
Sales were well short of what they had hoped *trace*
Arg0:	they
REL:	hoped
Arg1:	*trace*

Obviously they were hoping something about sales, like "they hoped sales would be *trace*", but that's just not available. In these circumstances leave an empty trace.