Predicate: approve

Roleset id: approve.01 , assent to, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

approve.01: APPROVE-V NOTES: Based on big corpus. Member of Vncls marvel-31.3-6, allow-64, judgement-33. (from approve.01-v) APPROVAL-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry approve.01 and OntoNotes grouping approval-n sense 1; maps to VN classes allow-64, judgement-33, marvel-31.3-6. Framed by Claire. (from approval.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
approve (v.)Grant_permission
approval (n.)Grant_permission

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: approver (vnrole: 31.3-6-Experiencer, 64-Agent, 33-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing approved (vnrole: 31.3-6-Stimulus, 64-Theme, 33-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: secondary attribute

Example: NP approval

        Shareholders approved Pacific First Financial's acquisition by Royal Trustco Ltd of Toronto for $27 a share, or $212 million.

        Arg0: Shareholders
        Rel: approved
        Arg1: Pacific First Financial's acquisition by Royal Trustco Ltd of Toronto for $27 a share, or $212 million.

Example: PP approval

        50% of voters approve of the President's job performance.

        Arg0: 50% of voters
        Rel: approve
        Arg1: of the President's job performance

Example: attribute with as

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        On Friday, the Merc's board announced that it had approved Sabine Pipe Line Co.'s Henry Hub in Erath, La., as the delivery sit for its long-awaited natural gas futures contract.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: approved
        Arg1: Sabine Pipe Line Co.'s Henry Hub in Erath, La.,
        Arg2-as: the delivery sit for its long-awaited natural gas futures contract

Example: attribute with for

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

        Traditionally, the medical establishment has waited two years *trace* to approve adult treatments for pediatric uses, because of a compbination of conservative safety standards and red tape.

        Arg0: *trace* -> the medical establishment
        Rel: approve
        Arg1: adult treatments
        Arg2: for pediatric uses

Example: NP only, all arguments

        Internal Revenue Service approval of the move as a tax-freetransaction

        Arg0: Internal Revenue Service
        Rel: approval
        Arg1: of the move
        Arg2: as a tax-free transaction

Example: Arg 0 only

        It took almost three years to get the approval of the FDA.

        Rel: approval
        Arg0: of the FDA

Example: All arguments

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        They gained her parent's approval of Charlio as a husband for her.

        Arg0: her parent's
        Rel: approval
        Arg1: of Charlio
        Arg2: as a husband for her