Predicate: acknowledge

Frames file for 'acknowledge' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 29.1, other framed members include adopt. Is that right? No Framenet entry. Comparison with 'claim'.

Roleset id: acknowledge.01 , admit, vncls: 37.10 29.9-1

Roles:

        Arg0: admitter, claimer, speaker
        Arg1: proposition, claim, utterance
        Arg2: hearer
        Arg3: secondary predication

Example: acknowledge a sentence

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        [Control Data's semiconductor business, VTC Inc., continues to lose
        money]-1, the executives acknowledged *trace*-1, but they said they
        consider some of the technology vital to national defense and so
        are reluctant to dispose of it.

        Arg0 : the executives
        Rel : acknowledged
        Arg1 : *trace*-1

Example: acknowledge an NP

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        *trace*-1 Apparently acknowledging weaker U.S. sales systemwide,
        [McDonald's]-1 vowed ``to use our size and muscle to do all that is
        necessary to build the brand.''

        ArgM-ADV : Apparently
        Rel : acknowledging
        Arg1 : weaker U.S. sales systemwide
        Arg0 : *trace*-1

Example: with hearer

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John acknowledged to Mary that he was an idiot.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : acknowledged
        Arg2 : to Mary
        Arg1 : he was an idiot

Example: with attributive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John acknowledged Mary as his illegitimate child--a claim she
        denied vigorously, on the grounds that she's older than he is.
       

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : acknowledged
        Arg1 : Mary
        Arg3 : as his illegitimate child