Predicate: confront
Roleset id: confront.01 , to engage in confrontation, confronting, challenging, beingin conflict with another, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
confront.01: CONFRONT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'confront' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from confront.01-v predicate notes) CONFRONTATION-N NOTES: (from confrontation.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
confrontation (n.) | | |
confront (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: confrontational entity, agent (vnrole: 98-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity confronted (vnrole: 98-Theme)
        Arg2-MNR: confronted with (vnrole: 98-Instrument)
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        They confront stubborn inflation and a sagging economy , that is [*] to say , stagflation .
        Arg0: They
        Rel: confront
        Arg1: stubborn inflation and a sagging economy , that is [*] to say , stagflation
Example: with Arg2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        [*-2]-1 Confronted [*-1]with the evidence , [Mr. Tharp]-2 pleaded guilty to one charge of [*-2] filing a false return and was fined [*-2] $ 5,000 [*U*] and sentenced [*-2] to 18 months in prison .
        Rel: Confronted
        Arg1: Mr. Tharp
        Arg2: with the evidence