oblige
frames
oblige.01 "to please or help":
oblige.02 "to force to do something":
oblige.01 sub-ARG0
- The Rev. Alphonsus Trabold , a theology professor and exorcism expert at St. Bonaventure University in Olean , N.Y. , frequently is asked *-1 *-2 to exorcise unruly spirits , and [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel obliges] .
oblige.02 sub-ARG1 VP-ARG2
- Indeed , the possibility of an A 's ring cycle , a\/k\/a a dynasty , was a major topic of post-game discussion Saturday , so much so that [ARG1 Sandy Alderson , the team 's general manager ,] felt [rel obliged] *-1 [ARG2 to dampen it] .
- The California pension fund , which *T*-1 has $ 16 billion *U* already invested in real estate and mortgages , could be a valuable funding source for that development , although [ARG1 it] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel obliged] *-2 [ARG2 to make further investments] .
oblige.02 sub-ARG1 S-ARG2-PRD
- The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ; [ARG1 journalists] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel obliged] [ARG2-PRD *-1 to kowtow to their government , which *T*-28 would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties * to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas] .
- Conventional wisdom has long held that [ARG1 anywhere from one-fourth to one-half of all elderly long-term care patients] are [rel obliged] [ARG2-PRD *-1 to spend themselves into poverty before *-1 qualifying for Medicaid assistance] .