Predicate: pressgang
Roleset id: pressgang.01 , force/coerce (often into military/naval service), Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pressgang.01: PRESSGANG-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. No VNcls. (from pressgang.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| pressgang (v.) | | |
| press-gang (v.) | | |
| press_gang (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent, forcer
Arg1-PPT: entity forced
Arg2-PRD: forced into/to do what
Example: press-gang-v :all args, concatenation needed for rel
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
2 . He started this war in Chad by *PRO* luring immigrants from Pakistan and poor Sahelian nations to Libya with the promise of civilian work , and then press - ganging them into fighting as the Islamic Legion .
Arg0: *PRO* (*link -> [he])
Argm-tmp: then
Rel: [press] [ganging]
Arg1: them
Arg2: into fightinga s the Islamic Legion