Predicate: comfort
Roleset id: comfort.01 , (cause to) become comfortable or happy, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
comfort.01: COMFORT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'comfort' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 31.1, other framed members include convince, encourage, interest, scare, shock, spook, threaten, worry. No comparison. (from comfort.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
comfort (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: comforter (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
        Arg1-PPT: patient, comforted (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument or manner
Example: patient and instrument
        In London, prices-1 finished at intraday peaks, *trace*-1 comforted *trace*-1 by a reassuring early performance on Wall Street and news that the British government will waive its ``golden share'' in auto maker Jaguar.
        Rel: comforted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: by a reassuring early performance on Wall Street and news that the British government will waive its ``golden share'' in auto maker Jaguar
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
        If we are comforted , it is so that we can comfort you .
        Arg0: we
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: comfort
        Arg1: you
Predicate: comfortable
Roleset id: comfortable.02 , be physically or emotionally at ease, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
comfortable.02: COMFORTABLE-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. Based on verb comfort.01, but this frame lacks arg2 because an instrument/manner separate from arg0 doesn't seem grammatical with adjective. Verbnet entry 31.1 (from comfortable.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
comfortable (j.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: comforter, comfortable thing (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
        Arg1-PPT: patient, comforted, comfortable to whom? (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Example: all args
        I 'm almost 52 and it 's not quite that easy for me to keep my weight to what-2 *T*-2 is comfortable for me .
        Arg0: *T*-2
        Rel: comfortable
        Arg1: for me
Example: All args, "to" phrase arg1
        Yet the thought of being around a transgender person is not comfortable to me and I don't exactly know why.
        Argm-dis: Yet
        Arg0: the thought of being around a transgender person
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: comfortable
        Arg1: to me