obligate
obligate.01 - impelled action
OBLIGATE-V NOTES: The only difference between 'oblige' and 'obligate' is that the lattercan only occur in the passive. The former also prefers the passive,though. (from obligate.01-v)Aliases:
obligate (v.)
obligation (n.)
oblige (v.)
obligation (n.)
oblige (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causal agent
ARG1-PPT: obligated, impelled agent
ARG2-PRD: obligation, impelled action
ARG1-PPT: obligated, impelled agent
ARG2-PRD: obligation, impelled action
obligate-v: always passive
Thus ,
an institutionARG1
obligatedrel
to make fixed - rate interest payments on debtARG2
swaps the payments with another making floating - rate payments .oblige-v: passive
The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ;
journalistsARG1
wouldARGM-MOD
be obligedrel
to kowtow to their government , which would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties to block printing of `` wrong '' ideasARG2
.obligation-n: Args 1 and 2
the
obligationrel
of the international community and the United StatesARG1
obligation-n: Args 1 and 2
an
obligationrel
of government serviceARG2
for all young peopleARG1
obligation-n: Args 1 and 2 (are you seeing a pattern here?)
itsARG1
obligationrel
to reduce carbon dioxide emissionsARG2
oblige
oblige.02 - to please or help
OBLIGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'oblige' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from oblige.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
oblige (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: pleaser, helper
ARG1-PPT: please or help whom? entity pleased by arg 0
ARG1-PPT: please or help whom? entity pleased by arg 0
oblige-v: intransitive
The Rev. Alphonsus Trabold , a theology professor and exorcism expert at St. Bonaventure University in Olean , N.Y. , frequently is asked to exorcise unruly spirits , and
heARG0
oftenARGM-TMP
obligesrel
.oblige-v: With arg 1
It was very nice of
y' allARG0
to obligerel
usARG1
.