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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="ask">
<note>
  Frames file for 'ask' based on survey of initial sentences of big
  corpus and comparison with 'say'
</note>

<roleset id="ask.01" name="ask a question" vncls="37.1-1">
<roles>
  <role descr="asker" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="question" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Topic"/></role>

  <role descr="hearer" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Recipient"/></role>

  <role descr="attributive" n="3"/>
</roles>

<example name="direct question">
  <text>
    The mathematics section of the widely used California Achievement
    Test asks fifth graders "What is another name for the Roman
    numeral IX?"
  </text>
  <arg n="0">The mathematics section of the widely used
  California Achievement Test</arg>
  <rel>asks</rel>
  <arg n="2">fifth graders</arg>
  <arg n="1">"What is another name for the Roman numeral IX?"</arg>
</example>

<example name="indirect question">
  <text>
    *trace* ask him about this law he tried to pass.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">*trace*</arg>
  <rel>ask</rel>
  <arg n="2">him</arg>
  <arg f="about" n="1">this law he tried to pass</arg>
</example>

<example name="proof of hearer as arg2">
  <text>
    John asked a question of his professor.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>asked</rel>
  <arg n="1">a question</arg>
  <arg f="of" n="2">his professor</arg>
</example>

<note>
Please refer to the 'say' frames for the proper handling of the
'inverted' and 'fronted' cases.
</note>

</roleset>

<roleset id="ask.02" name="ask a favor, ask a request, ask for" vncls="37.1-1">
<roles>
  <role descr="asker" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="favor" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Topic"/></role>

  <role descr="hearer" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="37.1-1" vntheta="Recipient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="say please">
  <text>
    Argentina will ask creditor banks to halve its foreign debt of $64
    billion.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">Argentina</arg>
  <arg f="MOD" n="m">will</arg>
  <rel>ask</rel>
  <arg n="2">creditor banks</arg>
  <arg n="1">to halve its foreign debt of $64 billion.</arg>
</example>

<example name="no hearer">
  <text>
    The National Institutes of Health asked for an HHS review of its
    plan to implant fetal tissue into the brain of a patient suffering
    from Alzheimers.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">The National Institutes of Health</arg>
  <rel>asked</rel>
  <arg f="for" n="1">an HHS review of its plan to implant fetal tissue
  into the brain of a patient suffering from Alzheimers.</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>


</predicate>
</frameset>
