Roleset oblige.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to please or help":

Roles:

Arg0:pleaser, helper

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
The Rev. Alphonsus Trabold , a theology professor and exorcism expert at St. Bonaventure University in Olean , N.Y. , frequently is asked [*-1] [*-2] to exorcise unruly spirits , and he often obliges .
Arg0:	he
ArgM-TMP:	often
REL:	obliges

Roleset oblige.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to force to do something":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent


Arg1:obligated


Arg2:obligation

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ; journalists would be obliged [*-1] to kowtow to their government , which [*T*-28] would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*] to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas .
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	obliged
Arg1:	[*-1] -> journalists
Arg2:	to kowtow to their government , which [*T*-28] would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*] to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas