Predicate: insure

Roleset id: insure.01 , make sure, guarantee, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

insure.01: INSURE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls ensure-99. Can also be 'ensure'; technically the two are different but modernusage conflates the two. *sigh* barbarians at the gates, and all that. (from insure.01-v)

Aliases:

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insure (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-CAU: entity making guarantee (vnrole: 99-Cause)
        Arg1-PPT: guarantee (vnrole: 99-Theme)
        Arg2-GOL: benefactive, guaranteed-to (vnrole: 99-Beneficiary)

Example: arg1 usually a propositon

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

        ``Our intent is *trace*-1 to spread them out ''*trace*-1 to insure they are well integrated into the community, he said.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: insure
        Arg1: they are well integrated into the community

Roleset id: insure.02 , act like an insurance agency, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

insure.02: INSURE-V NOTES: Member of Vncls defend-85. VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. (from insure.02-v)

Aliases:

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insure (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: insurance company (vnrole: 85-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing insured (vnrole: 85-Theme)
        Arg2-VSP: for how much
        Arg3-GOL: beneficiary
        Arg4-VSP: danger (vnrole: 85-co-theme)

Example: one arg, passive

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

        [The bonds]-1 are insured *trace*-1 and triple-A-rated.

        Rel: insured
        Arg1: *trace*-1

Example: transitive

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

        Right now, the largest loan [0]-1 the FHA can insure *trace*-1 in high-cost housing markets is $101,250.

        Arg0: the FHA
        Argm-mod: can
        Rel: insure
        Arg1: *trace*-1 (= [0])
        Argm-slc: [0] -> the largest loan
        Argm-loc: in high-cost housing markets

Example: with amount

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

        He assumed that [principal and interest]-1 were ``fully insured *trace*-1 up to $100,000,'' he adds.

        Argm-ext: fully
        Rel: insured
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: up to $100,000

Example: with beneficiary

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The agency, which is funded through insurance premiums from employers, insures pension benefits for some 30 million private-sector workers who take part in single-employer pension plans.

        Arg0: The agency, which is funded through insurance premiums from employers,
        Rel: insures
        Arg1: pension benefits
        Arg3: for some 30 million private-sector workers who take part in single-employer pension plans

Example: with danger

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

        Then, if the stocks fell sharply, he planned to begin buying them aggressively, on the theory that the companies that-1 *trace*-1 insure against property damage and accidents will have to raise rates eventually to compensate for the claims they will pay to earthquake victims and victims of last month's Hurricane Hugo.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> the companies
        Rel: insure
        Arg4: against property damage and accidents