Predicate: force

Roleset id: force.01 , impelled action, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

force.01: FORCE-V NOTES: Member of VNcls force-59 (from force.01-v)

Aliases:

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force (v.)Cause_motion

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: forcer (vnrole: 59-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: impelled agent (vnrole: 59-patient)
        Arg2-PRD: impelled action (vnrole: 59-result)

Example: sentential predicate

        Commonwealth Edison said the ruling could force it to slash its 1989 earnings by $1.55 a share.

        Arg0: the ruling
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: force
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: to slash its 1989 earnings by $1.55 a share.

Example: prepositional predicate

        Low test scores force entire districts into wrenching, state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.

        Arg0: Low test scores
        Rel: force
        Arg1: entire districts
        Arg2: into wrenching, state-supervised interventions that can mean firings.

Example: preposition and passive

        [Insurance agents]-1 have been forced *trace*-1 by their companies into *trace* becoming registered reps.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: forced
        Arg0: by their companies
        Arg2: into *trace* becoming registered reps

Example: weird tertiary predication

        [R. Gordon McGovern]-1 was forced *trace*-1 out as Campbell Soup's president and CEO.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: forced
        Arg2: out
        Argm-prd: as Campbell Soup's president and CEO.

Example: and again

        Arm troubles forced him back to the minors the next year.

        Arg0: Arm troubles
        Rel: forced
        Arg1: him
        Arg2: back
        Argm-dir: to the minors
        Argm-tmp: the next year

Roleset id: force.02 , force a thing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

force.02: FORCE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'force' based on survey of initial sentences of big corpus and comparison with 'make'. This is a mess, by the way. (from force.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

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force (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: forcer
        Arg1-PPT: thing forced
        Arg2-GOL: benefactive, forced-on

Example: typical

        The new pact will force huge debt on the new firm.

        Arg0: The new pact
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: force
        Arg1: huge debt
        Arg2: on the new firm

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        If Mr. Redford wanted to be accepted by the people of Utah , he should have taken an advisory role instead of one of forcing his personal preferences .

        Arg0: he
        Rel: forcing
        Arg1: his personal preferences

Roleset id: force.03 , put, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

force.03: FORCE-V NOTES: frame edited by Arrick (from force.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
force (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: put-er, not putter
        Arg1-PPT: thing put
        Arg2-GOL: where put

Example: abstract

        So in terms of emotional ties we don't want *-1 to force each other into categories.

        Arg0: [ *-1] [ We]
        Rel: force
        Arg1: each other
        Arg2: into categories

Roleset id: force.04 , impinging with power upon, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

force.04: FORCE-N NOTES: Added automatically by Julia. Related to force.xml (from force.04-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
force (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: forceful thing
        Arg1-PPT: entity impinged upon
        Arg2-VSP: type of force

Example: Args 0 and 1

        the Sun's gravitational force on the Earth is much stronger than the Moon's gravitational force on the Earth.

        Arg0: The sun's
        Arg2: gravitational
        Rel: force
        Arg1: on earth