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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="confuse">
<note>
  Frames file for 'confuse' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  Verbnet class amalgamate-22.2-5, other framed members
  include associate, but that's a different sense.
</note>

<roleset id="confuse.01" name="(cause to) be confused" vncls="22.2 31.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="agentive cause of confusion" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Cause"/>
        <vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="entity experiencing confusion" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="31.1" vntheta="Experiencer"/>
        <vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Patient1"/></role>
  <role descr="confused about or over what?" n="2">
	<vnrole vncls="22.2" vntheta="Patient2"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<text>
    Temple, however, harshly criticized Sea Containers' plan
    yesterday, characterizing it as a ``highly conditional device
    designed *trace* to entrench management, confuse shareholders and
    prevent them from accepting our superior cash offer.'' 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; *trace* -&gt;  a ``highly conditional device</arg>
        <rel>confuse</rel>
        <arg n="1">shareholders</arg>
</example>

<example name="one thing confused">
<text>
    He believes that the volatile conditions created by program
    trading has ``thoroughly confused'' investors about where the
    market is headed. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">the volatile conditions created by program
        trading</arg>
        <rel>confused</rel>
        <arg n="1">investors</arg>
        <arg f="about" n="2">where the market is headed</arg>
</example>

<example name="two things confused">
  <inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
  <text>
   I think the reason is that you are confusing tax ``rates'' with tax
   ``payments.''
  </text>
  <arg n="1">you</arg>
  <rel>confusing</rel>
  <arg n="2">tax ``rates''</arg>
  <arg f="with" n="2">tax ``payments''</arg>
</example>

<note>
Ignore adjectival usages like "everyone is confused".  (Test with
"very" if you're unsure if a usage is verbal or adjectival: "Everyone
is very confused" is adjectival, while "Resetting the VCR clock
(*very) confuses everyone" is verbal.)
</note>

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