Predicate: know

Roleset id: know.01 , understand, vncls: 29.5 29.9-1-1 29.2-1

Roles:

        Arg0: knower
        Arg1: thing known or thought
        Arg2: attribute of arg1

Example: just transitive

        I-1 need *trace*-1 to know the aircraft and flight number.
       

        Arg0 : *trace*
        Rel : know
        Arg1 : the aircraft and flight number

Example: sentential thing known

        The other side knows that Giuliani has always been prochoice.
       

        Arg0 : The other side
        Rel : knows
        Arg1 : Guiliani has always been prochoice

Example: with subject

        He didn't know (anything) about most of the cases until Wednesday.
       

        Arg0 : He
        ArgM-NEG : n't
        Rel : know
        Arg1 : anything
        Arg2 : about most of the cases
        ArgM-TMP : until Wednesday

Example: attributive

        These nations are known as "little tigers"
       

        Arg1 : These nations
        Rel : known
        Arg2 : as "little tigers"

Example: infinitival thing known

        I have never known a lady to faint in the belfry.
       

        Arg0 : I
        ArgM-NEG : never
        Rel : known
        Arg1 : a lady to faint in the belfry.

Example: same thing, bogus parse

        I have never known [a lady] [to faint in the belfry.]
       

        Arg0 : I
        ArgM-NEG : never
        Rel : known
        Arg1 : [a lady][to faint in the belfry]

Example: marginal usage

        Mary knows John for an idiot.
       

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : knows
        Arg1 : John
        Arg2 : for an idiot