Roleset ingratiate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be grateful, suck up to":

Roles:

Arg0:sycophant


Arg1:us. 'self'


Arg2:grateful entity

Examples:

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


toady? (-)
``It's not uncommon for these guys to send pictures of themselves or their families [*-3] to ingratiate themselves to their clients,'' says Terree Bowers, chief of the major-frauds section of the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> these guys
REL:	ingratiate
Arg1-REC:	themselves
Arg2-to:	their clients