Predicate: commit

Roleset id: commit.01 , pledge, designate to, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

commit.01: COMMIT-V NOTES: Member of VNcls dedicate-79, confine-92-1. (from commit.01-v) COMMITMENT-N NOTES: Member of VNcls dedicate-79, confine-92-1. (from commitment.01-n) COMMITTED-J NOTES: Based on Thyme and Sharp data. Comparison to commit.01. Commit.01 is a member of VN classes dedicate-79 and confine-92.1.Framed by Katie. (from committed.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
commit (v.)Commitment Imposing_obligation Institutionalization Memorization
commitment (n.)Commitment Imposing_obligation Institutionalization Memorization
make_commitment (l.)
committed (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causal agent (vnrole: 79-Agent, 92-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity committed (vnrole: 79-Theme, 92-1-Theme)
        Arg2-GOL: committed to (vnrole: 79-Goal, 92-1-Destination)

Example: just transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The banks jointly committed $1.2 billion of financing, subject to certain conditions, McCaw said.

        Arg0: The banks
        Argm-mnr: jointly
        Rel: committed
        Arg1: $1.2 billion of financing, subject to certain conditions

Example: passive with committed-to

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        ``This tells you AT& T-1 is serious about continuing to manage their cost structure and is committed *trace*-1 to 20%-a-year earnings growth,'' said Jack Grubman, an analyst with PaineWebber Inc.

        Rel: committed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to 20%-a-year earnings growth

Example: passive often interpreted as ADJP

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        In an interview Wednesday with Dow Jones Professional Investor Report, Mr. Stevens said, ``We're in no way committed to a deal going through at all.

        Arg1: We
        Argm-mnr: in no way
        Rel: committed
        Arg2: to a deal going through at all

Example: but not always

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        He added [the airline]-1 isn't committed *trace*-1 to going forward with any new bid, and hasn't participated in bankers' efforts to revive the transaction that collapsed.

        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: committed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to going forward with any new bid

Example: ARG2 and ARG0 and ARG1

        Moreover , like sex , personal money management is something that many people only vaguely understand , that they feel uncertain about committing themselves to , and that leaves them feeling tired and empty .

        Arg2: [to][something][that]
        Arg0: []
        Rel: committing
        Arg1: themselves

Example: within LVC

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        At the same time , Viacom is trying to persuade stations-2 *-2 to make commitments to `` A Different World , '' a spin - off of `` Cosby '' whose reruns will become available in 1991 .

        Arg0: *-2
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: commitments
        Arg2: to `` A Different World , '' a spin - off of `` Cosby '' whose reruns will become available in 1991 .

Example: All arguments

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Each organization was chosen by the SIMA Environmental Fund Board of Directors based on their commitment of funds to specific projects.

        Arg0: their
        Rel: commitment
        Arg1: of funds
        Arg2: to specific projects

Example: Arg 0 is only for Causing a committment

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

        Our team is committed to minimizing or preventing chemotherapy toxicity.

        Arg1: Our team
        Rel: committed
        Arg2: to minimizing or preventing chemotherapy toxicity.

Example: args 1 and 2 again

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

        We are committed to freedom.

        Arg1: We
        Rel: committed
        Arg2: to freedom.

Roleset id: commit.02 , commit a crime, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

commit.02: COMMIT-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from commit.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
commit (v.)Committing_crime

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: criminal
        Arg1-PPT: crime

Example: I am not a criminal!

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: both,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Yesterday, U.S. Judge Alcee Hastings faced his jury -- the full U.S. Senate -- and said, ``I-1 am not guilty of *trace*-1 having committed any crime.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: committed
        Arg1: any crime