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promise-37.13

Member Verb Lemmas:-topfile

Verb Features:

WordNet:
pledge%2:32:00
pledge%2:32:02
pledge%2:32:01
Groupings:
None
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
None
All Classes :
pledge

Verb Features:

WordNet:
promise%2:32:00
Groupings:
promise.01
FrameNet:
Commitment
BSO:
Commit Activity
All Classes :
promise

Verb Features:

WordNet:
assure%2:32:02
Groupings:
assure.01
FrameNet:
Telling
BSO:
Guarantee Activity
All Classes :
assure

Verb Features:

WordNet:
guarantee%2:32:01
Groupings:
guarantee.01
FrameNet:
None
BSO:
Guarantee Activity
All Classes :
guarantee

ROLES:

Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.

Agent [ +animate | +organization ]

Definition:
An animate end point of the action (i.e., a subtype of Destination).
Example:
They lent a bicycle TO ME.

Recipient [ +animate | +organization ]

Definition:
Theme characterized by information content.
Example:
Susan chitchatted with Rachel ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

Topic

NP V NP that S NP V PP.recipient that S NP V that S

EXAMPLE:

I promised him that he would arrive in time.

SYNTAX:

Agent VERB Recipient Topic

SEMANTICS:

has_information( E , Agent , Topic )
¬ has_information( e1 , Recipient , Topic )
transfer_info( e2 , Agent , Topic , Recipient )
has_information( e3 , Recipient , Topic )
cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None

EXAMPLE:

I promised to him that he would arrive in time.

SYNTAX:

Agent VERB { to } Recipient Topic

SEMANTICS:

has_information( E , Agent , Topic )
¬ has_information( e1 , Recipient , Topic )
transfer_info( e2 , Agent , Topic , Recipient )
has_information( e3 , Recipient , Topic )
cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None

EXAMPLE:

I promised that I would come.

SYNTAX:

Agent VERB Topic

SEMANTICS:

has_information( E , Agent , Topic )
¬ has_information( e1 , ?Recipient , Topic )
transfer_info( e2 , Agent , Topic , ?Recipient )
has_information( e3 , ?Recipient , Topic )
cause( e2 , e3 )

FORCE DYNAMICS:

None