Frameset

Predicate treat:

Frames file for 'treat' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 29.2, other framed members include count, describe, employ, intend, portray, regard. Comparison to describe and give. Also an update of Chris' old frames file. Framing is all the same, fortunately.

Roleset treat.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "assume that something has a particular attribute":

Roles:

Arg0:assumer of attribute

Arg1:thing

Arg2:attribute

Examples:

passive (-)
`Interest on the bonds will be treated trace as a preference item in calculating the federal alternative minimum tax that may be imposed on certain investors.`
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	treated
Arg1:	trace -> Interest on the bonds
Arg2-as:	a preference item
ArgM-LOC:	in calculating the federal alternative minimum tax that may be imposed on certain investors

active (-)
Mary treats John like an idiot, which he is.

Arg0: Mary

REL: treats

Arg1: John

Arg2-like: an idiot, which he is

active (-)
`Mary treats John like an idiot, which he is.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	treats
Arg1:	John
Arg2-like:	an idiot, which he is

Roleset treat.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "buy for someone":

Roles:

Arg0:buyer, treater

Arg1:treat

Arg2:benefactive

Examples:

there is such a thing as a free lunch (-)
`Mary treated John to lunch.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	treated
Arg2:	John
Arg1-to:	lunch

Roleset treat.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "medical treatment":

Roles:

Arg0:doctor (etc)

Arg1:patient

Arg2:illness or injury

Arg3:instrument

Examples:

passive with injury (-)
`The injured, including three in critical condition, were treated trace for burns, breathing problems and cuts from flying glass, hospital officials said.`
REL:	treated
Arg1:	trace -> The injured, including three in critical condition,
Arg2-for:	burns, breathing problems and cuts from flying glass

instrumental subject (-)
Sales of Pfizer's important drugs, Feldene for *trace* treating arthritis, and Procardia, a heart medicine, have shrunk because of increased competition.

Arg3: *trace* -> Feldene

REL: treating

Arg2: arthritis

instrumental subject (-)
`Sales of Pfizer's important drugs, Feldene for trace treating arthritis, and Procardia, a heart medicine, have shrunk because of increased competition.`
Arg3:	trace -> Feldene
REL:	treating
Arg2:	arthritis

active transitive (-)
By the time it paid its expenses it only had $120,000 left -- not enough *trace* to treat even one child.

Arg0: *trace* -> it

REL: treat

Arg1: even one child

active transitive (-)
`By the time it paid its expenses it only had $120,000 left -- not enough trace to treat even one child.`
Arg0:	trace -> it
REL:	treat
Arg1:	even one child

And so forth.

Roleset treat.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "affect a change in s.t. by applying a substance":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of change, agent

Arg1:thing changing

Arg2:substance

Examples:

third

present

active

full

Actually very similar to the medical treatment set.

missing substance (-)
`Seymour Schreibman, the 65-year-old owner of Schreibman Raphael Furs Inc., treats the reverse side of a Persian lambskin to produce a reversible fur-and-leather garment.`
Arg0:	Seymour Schreibman, the 65-year-old owner of Schreibman Raphael Furs Inc.
REL:	treats
Arg1:	the reverse side of a Persian lambskin
Argm-PNC:	to produce a reversible fur-and-leather garment

Roleset treat.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "handle (esp scholarly)":

Roles:

Arg0:author

Arg1:topic, subject

Examples:

present

perfect

active

participle

postmodern angst (-)
It is evident that their conversation runs more or less on the following lines: ``I've submitted the manuscript of my novel under the title `Teresa de Cepeda,' and in it I've treated a few neglected aspects of that eternal problem which...''
Arg0:	I
REL:	treated
Arg1:	a few neglected aspects of that eternal problem which...''