Predicate
obligate:
Frames file for 'obligate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet
entry.
Roleset obligate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "impelled action":
Roles:
Arg0:causal agent
Arg1:obligated, impelled agent
Arg2:obligation, impelled action
Examples:
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always passive (-) |
|---|
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: passive
form: participle
Thus, an institution obligated *trace* to make fixed-rate interest
payments on debt swaps the payments with another making
floating-rate payments.
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| REL: | obligated |
| Arg1: | *trace* -> an institution |
| Arg2: | to make fixed-rate interest payments on debt |
The only difference between 'oblige' and 'obligate' is that the latter
can only occur in the passive. The former also prefers the passive,
though.