Predicate: rescue

Roleset id: rescue.01 , save, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

rescue.01: RESCUE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'rescue' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from rescue.01-v predicate notes) RESCUE-N NOTES: Roleset is based on eventive noun senses in WordNet. Comparison to verb entry rescue.01. Corresponding verb in VerbNet class steal-10.5. No FrameNet entry. Framed by Mary. (from rescue.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
rescue (v.)
rescue (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: rescuer, agent (vnrole: 10.5-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity rescued (vnrole: 10.5-Theme)
        Arg2-DIR: rescued from (vnrole: 10.5-Source)

Example: all arguments

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

        If there are any signs that [Mr. Major]-1 will be less inclined [*-1]-2 to use interest-rate boosts [*-2] to rescue the pound from another plunge , that currency is expected [*-3] to fall sharply .

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: rescue
        Arg1: the pound
        Arg2: from another plunge

Example: all arguments with adverbials

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

        Black& Decker rescued Emhart from the takeover bid of Topper Limited Partnership last March by [*-1] agreeing [*-2] to acquire the maker of door locks and gardening tools for about $ 2.8 billion [*U*] .

        Arg0: Black& Decker
        Rel: rescued
        Arg1: Emhart
        Arg2: from the takeover bid of Topper Limited Partnership
        ArgM-TMP: last March
        ArgM-MNR: by [*-1] agreeing [*-2]to acquire the maker of door locks and gardening tools for about $ 2.8 billion [*U*]

Example: transitive

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

        The arbs may recoup some of their paper losses if the UAL deal gets patched up again , as they did in 1982 when Occidental Petroleum Co. rescued them with a $ 4 billion [*U*] takeover of Cities Service [*T*-1].

        Arg0: Occidental Petroleum Co.
        Rel: rescued
        Arg1: them
        ArgM-MNR: with a $ 4 billion [*U*] takeover of Cities Service

Example: All Args, different syntactic realization

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

        Several essays also deal with her rescue from the Nazis by the Kindertransport.

        Arg1: her
        Rel: rescue
        Arg2: from the Nazis
        Arg0: by the Kindertransport

Example: All Args

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

        Booker, 43, is a rising star in the Democratic Party, known as much for his rescue of a woman from her burning home last year as he is for running a city troubled by high crime and unemployment.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: rescue
        Arg1: of a woman
        Arg2: from her burning home
        Argm-tmp: last year