<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="affiliate">
<note>
  Frames file for 'affiliate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus. 
</note>

<roleset id="affiliate.01" name="to adopt or accept as a member" vncls="22.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of affiliation, agent" n="0"><vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="entity affiliated" n="1"><vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Patient1"/></role>
  <role descr="affiliated with" n="2"><vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Patient2"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="passive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="passive"/>
<text>
 One broadcasting executive familiar with the project said [0] the co-venture would target stations affiliated [*] with Fox because Fox has the desirable independent stations in most of the key cities .
</text>
	<rel>affiliated</rel>
	<arg n="1">[*] -&gt;  stations</arg>
	<arg f="with" n="2">Fox</arg>
</example>


<example name="intransitive">
<inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Fulbright &amp; Jaworski of Houston and Fenerty , Robertson , Fraser &amp; Hatch of Calgary , Alberta , are affiliating [*-1] to help serve their energy-industry clients .
</text>
	<arg n="0">Fulbright &amp; Jaworski of Houston and Fenerty , Robertson , Fraser &amp; Hatch of Calgary , Alberta ,</arg>
	<rel>affiliating</rel>
	<arg f="PNC" n="M">[*-1] to help serve their energy-industry clients</arg>
</example>



</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
