Predicate: empathize
Roleset id: empathize.01 , feel for, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
empathize.01: EMPATHIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'empathize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from empathize.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| empathize (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PPT: empathizer (vnrole: 88.2-Experiencer)
Arg1-PAG: empathized with (vnrole: 88.2-Stimulus)
Example: is it transitive when there's a preposition?
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
These are the sensitive souls who *trace* can empathize with *trace*-1 and even enjoy hearing about [other people's troubles]-1, no matter how haltingly or predictably the sad tale is told.
Arg0: *trace*
ArgM-RCL: who -> the sensitive souls
ArgM-MOD: can
Rel: empathize
Arg1: with *trace*
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But Mr. Guber figured that Warner Communications Inc. chairman Steven Ross, would empathize and let the producers go, knowing the Sony offer was ``the culmination of a life's work.''
Arg0: Warner Communications Inc. chairman Steven Ross
ArgM-MOD: would
Rel: empathize