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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="enlist">
<note>
Frames file for 'enlist' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
</note>

<roleset id="enlist.01" name="sign up to do something" vncls="29.2">
<roles>
	<role descr="signer" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

	<role descr="impelled agent (often subsumed into arg0" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

	<role descr="impelled action" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Predicate"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="arg2 subsumed into arg1">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Back in the chase car, we drove around some more, got stuck in a
    ditch, enlisted the aid of a local farmer to get out the trailer
    hitch and pull us out of the ditch. 
</text>
        <arg f="LOC" n="M">Back in the chase car</arg>
        <arg n="0">we</arg>
        <rel>enlisted</rel>
        <arg n="1">the aid of a local farmer to get out the trailer
        hitch and pull us out of the ditch</arg> 
<note>
It's because of "the aid of" that args1 and 2 can be merged.  Lower
numbers always win!
</note>
</example>

<example name="all args">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    Rep. Dingell even managed *trace* to enlist the services of the
    Secret Service in his investigation of the Baltimore paper. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  Rep. Dingell</arg>
        <rel>enlist</rel>
        <arg n="1">the services of the Secret Service</arg>
        <arg f="in" n="2">his investigation of the Baltimore paper</arg>
</example>

<example name="unstated action">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Mr. Maynard, whose company at the time was based in Santa Ana,
    Calif., enlisted his local congressman, and the battle was
    joined. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">Mr. Maynard, whose company at the time was based in
        Santa Ana, Calif.,</arg> 
        <rel>enlisted</rel>
        <arg n="1">his local congressman</arg>
</example>

<example name="missing arg1">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    John enlisted in the Army.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John</arg>
  <rel>enlisted</rel>
  <arg f="in" n="2">the Army</arg>
</example>

<note>
The analysis is "John enlisted himself in the Army."
</note>

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