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

<roleset id="thank.01" name="thank" vncls="33">
<roles>
	<role descr="thanker" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

	<role descr="thanked" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

	<role descr="for what?" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Cause"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="nice easy transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/><text>
    ``We will support it, we will thank him, and we will augment it
    where appropriate,'' said Rep. Vic Fazio D., Calif.
</text>
        <arg n="0">we</arg>
        <arg f="MOD" n="M">will</arg>
        <rel>thank</rel>
        <arg n="1">him</arg>
</example>

<example name="with arg2">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    In 1986, Stamford officials thanked Mr. Hoelzer for taking care of
    the mural -- and demanded he return it as soon as possible. 
</text>
        <arg f="TMP" n="M">In 1986</arg>
        <arg n="0">Stamford officials</arg>
        <rel>thanked</rel>
        <arg n="1">Mr. Hoelzer</arg>
        <arg f="for" n="2">taking care of the mural</arg>
</example>

<example name="sentential arg2">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    ``*trace* Thank God we have some deal on the table,'' said Stewart
    Gilchrist, a director at Scottish Amicable Investment Managers,
    which intends to vote its roughly 1% stake in favor of the
    restructuring. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace*</arg>
        <rel>Thank</rel>
        <arg n="1">God</arg>
        <arg n="2">we have some deal on the table</arg>
<note>
This could be paraphrased as "Thank god for the fact that we have...",
indicating that the sentence is equivalent to a PP.  Because of this,
though, be sure to include the complementizer, even if it's empty.
</note>

</example>

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