Rolesets - assail

assail

assail.01 - to attack viciously

ASSAIL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'assail' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from assail.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

assail (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: assailant, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity assailed
ARG2-CAU: assailed for

all arguments

At a meeting in MalaysiaARGM-LOC
,
Australia and CanadaARG0
alsoARGM-DIS
assailedrel
the British prime ministerARG1
for criticizing the 49 - nation group 's call for Pretoria to ease apartheidARG2
.

passive

The futures haltARG1
was
evenARGM-ADV
assailedrel
by
Big Board floor tradersARG0
.