Predicate: lament

Frames file for 'lament' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'regret'.

Roleset id: lament.01 , to regret, express grief, vncls: 31.2

Roles:

        Arg0: regretter
        Arg1: thing regretted

Example: Arg1 as a NP

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

        Richard Arrington , Birmingham 's black mayor , lamented the consequences .

        Arg0 : Richard Arrington , Birmingham 's black mayor ,
        Rel : lamented
        Arg1 : the consequences

Example: Arg1 as a proposition

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        [Collectors do n't say `` It 's a van Gogh '' anymore ,]-1 laments [*T*-1] Harry Brooks , the president of Wildenstein & Co. , a New York gallery .

        Rel : laments
        Arg1 : [*T*-1]
        Arg0 : Harry Brooks , the president of Wildenstein & Co. , a New York gallery