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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="laud">
<note>
  Frames file for 'laud' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus. 
</note>

<roleset id="laud.01" name="to praise, glorify" vncls="33">
<roles>
  <role descr="praiser, agent" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Cause"/></role>
  <role descr="entity praised" n="1"/>
  <role descr="praised for what?" n="2"/>
</roles>

<example name="all arguments">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Mrs. Hills lauded South Korea for [*-1] creating an intellectual-property task force and special enforcement teams of police officers and prosecutors trained [*] to pursue movie and book pirates .
</text>
	<arg n="0">Mrs. Hills</arg>
	<rel>lauded</rel>
	<arg n="1">South Korea</arg>
	<arg f="for" n="2">[*-1] creating an intellectual-property task force and special enforcement teams of police officers and prosecutors trained [*] to pursue movie and book pirates</arg>
</example>


<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
 When he was hired [*-1] [*T*-2] , Mr. Payne lauded Mr. Decker 's `` extraordinary ... skills '' and his `` outstanding reputation as one of the West 's brightest bankers . ''
</text>
	<arg n="0">Mr. Payne</arg>
	<rel>lauded</rel>
	<arg n="1">Mr. Decker 's `` extraordinary ... skills '' and his `` outstanding reputation as one of the West 's brightest bankers . ''</arg>
</example>


</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
