Predicate: effort

Roleset id: effort.01 , attempt, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

effort.01: EFFORT-N NOTES: Based on verb entry try.01; semantically corresponds to VN class try-61. (from effort.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
effort (n.)
make_effort (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Agent/Entity Trying (vnrole: try-61-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing tried (vnrole: try-61-theme, try-61-theme)

Example: make_effort-l: Within LVC, all arguments

        If you make an effort to do what you can , you will immediately find that your burdens have been lightened .

        Arg0: you
        Argm-lvb: make
        Rel: effort
        Arg1: to do what you can

Example: effort-n: nominal Arg1

        Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness

        Arg0: his
        Rel: effort
        Arg1: to express mankind's essential illness