Predicate: act

Roleset id: act.01 , play a role; behave, vncls: 29.6

Roles:

        Arg0: player
        Arg1: role

Example: typical usage

        First National Bank of Chicago will act as trustee...

        Arg0 : First National Bank of Chicago
        Argm-mod : will
        Rel : act
        Arg1 : as trustee

Example: behave

        Sometimes I would even act a little silly with them.

        Argm-tmp : Sometimes
        Arg0 : I
        Argm-mod : would
        Argm-adv : even
        Rel : act
        Arg1 : a little silly
        Argm-adv : with them

Roleset id: act.02 , do something, vncls:

Roles:

        Arg0: actor
        Arg1: grounds for action

Example: with grounds

        Mr. Rifenburgh said the board still hasn't acted on most of the
        internal report's recommendations...

        Arg0 : the board
        Argm-tmp : still
        Argm-neg : n't
        Rel : acted
        Arg1 : on most of the internal report's recommendations

Example: no grounds

        ``They always listened, but they never acted,'' Mr. Guber says.

        Arg0 : they
        Argm-neg : never
        Rel : acted

Frames file for 'act' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 29.6, other framed members include count and rank. No comparison.

Predicate: act_out


Roleset id: act.03 , perform a role, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: actor, performer
        Arg1: role, scenario enacted

Example: With role/scenario

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        I was so desperate , *PRO*-1 acting out Romeo 's struggle before he stabbed himself with a dagger , calling out in my heart : money , money , money , though what *T*-2 came out of my mouth was Juliet 's name .

        Arg0 : *PRO*-1
        Rel : [acting][out]
        Arg1 : Romeo's struggle before he stabbed himself with a dagger