Frames file for 'quell' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset quell.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to quiet or supress":
Roles:
Arg0:causer
Arg1:entity quelled
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
Traders said that statements made [*] over the weekend [*] to quell concern about the stability of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's government and the future of her economic program largely failed [*-2] to reassure investors and bolster the flagging British unit .
Arg0:
[*] -> [*] -> statements
REL:
quell
Arg1:
concern about the stability of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's government and the future of her economic program