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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="assuage">
<note>
  Frames file for 'assuage' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 31.1.
</note>

<roleset id="assuage.01" name="mend someone's hurt feelings" vncls="31.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="mender, causer, agent" n="0"><vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Cause"/></role>
  <role descr="hurt feelings, or person with hurt feelings" n="1"><vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Experiencer"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="person with feelings">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    Like all Americans seeking chronic prosperity, I do find it
    necessary [*] to plunge certain funds into conservative monetary
    tools, if only [*-3] to assuage my father-in-law, who believes in
    such things. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-3] -&gt;  [*] -&gt;  I</arg>
        <rel>assuage</rel>
        <arg n="1">my father-in-law, who believes in such things</arg>
</example>


<example name="feelings themselves">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    Instead, he says, if the salespeople can get the customers to
    consider Wang's products on their merits, he or a top financial
    officer will try [*-2] to assuage the fears about finances. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*-2] -&gt;  he or a top financial officer</arg>
        <rel>assuage</rel>
        <arg n="1">the fears about finances</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
