Predicate: opine

Frames file for 'opine' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: opine.01 , express an opinion, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: opinion
        Arg2: hearer

Example: just transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        You-1 are absolutely wrong, however, in [*]-1 opining that this
        position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at
        as a result of reading the opinion polls.

        Arg0 : [*]
        Rel : opining
        Arg1 : this position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at as a result of reading the opinion polls

Example: with hearer

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

        ``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green
        ones,'' opined John to Mary.
       

        Arg1 : ``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green ones,''
        Rel : opined
        Arg0 : John
        Arg2 : to Mary