Predicate: assuage
Roleset id: assuage.01 , mend someone's hurt feelings, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
assuage.01: ASSUAGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'assuage' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 31.1. (from assuage.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| assuage (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: mender, Stimulus, agent (vnrole: 31.1-Stimulus)
Arg1-PPT: hurt feelings, or person with hurt feelings (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
Example: person with feelings
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Like all Americans seeking chronic prosperity, [I]*-3 do find it necessary [*]to plunge certain funds into conservative monetary tools, if only [*-3] to assuage my father-in-law, who believes in such things.
Arg0: [*-3]
Rel: assuage
Arg1: my father-in-law, who believes in such things
Example: feelings themselves
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Instead, he says, if the salespeople can get the customers to consider Wang's products on their merits, [he or a top financial officer]*-2 will try [*-2]to assuage the fears about finances.
Arg0: [*-2]
Rel: assuage
Arg1: the fears about finances