Predicate: observe

Frames file for 'observe' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.5 30.2 35.4 37.7, other framed members include: assert, deny; regard, scrutinize, study; announce, claim, declare. Comparison with 'look (at)' and 'say'.

Roleset id: observe.01 , look at, mark, vncls: 30.2 35.4

Roles:

        Arg0: observer
        Arg1: thing looked at

Example: like Jane Goodall

        Mary observed John's behavior in the classroom and shook her head
        in disbelief.
       

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : observed
        Arg1 : John's behavior in the classroom

Example: commemorate

        Students at National Chenchi University observed the May Fourth
        Anniversary.

        Arg0 : Students at National Chenchi University
        Rel : observed
        Arg1 : the May Fourth Anniversary

Roleset id: observe.02 , say, state, vncls: 29.5 37.7

Roles:

        Arg0: Sayer
        Arg1: Utterance
        Arg2: Hearer
        Arg3: Attributive

Example: inverted

        [Ford is ``in the driving seat at the moment,'']-1 observed *trace*-1
        Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co.

        Rel : observed
        Arg1 : *trace*
        Arg0 : Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co