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:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
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