Predicate: ransom
Roleset id: ransom.01 , hold a captive in exchange for money, or pay for release of captive, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
ransom.01: RANSOM-N NOTES: (from ransom.01-n)
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Roles:
Arg0-PAG: entity paying for the release of the captive
Arg1-PPT: the captive
Arg2-VSP: money demanded/paid
Arg3-DIR: kidnapper, entity paid
Arg4-VSP: terrible fate arg1 avoids via ransom
Example: ransom-v: kidnapper as subject
They ransomed her for a large amount of cash, and once they got it, they kept her regardless.
Arg3: they
Rel: ransomed
Arg1: her
Arg2: for a large amount of cash
Example: ransom-v: with savior subject
He ransomed me from the king by pledging on his word that when the next ship arrived from Valencia he would pay my ransom.
Arg0: He
Rel: ransomed
Arg1: me
Arg3: from the king
Argm-mnr: by pledging on his word that when the next ship arrived from Valencia he would pay my ransom
Example: ransom-v: with savior subject and arg4
What your father did for me when-1 he ransomed me from earthly slavery *-1 is a picture of what Jesus wants to do for me, to ransom me from spiritual slavery!
Arg0: he
Rel: ransomed
Arg1: me
Arg4: from earthly slavery
Argm-tmp: *-1
Example: ransom-n
It was there that English emissaries, in the shape of the abbots of Boxley and Robertsbridge, caught up with their captive King and began the long negotiations for his ransom and eventual release.
Arg1: his
Rel: ransom