Predicate: underscore

Frames file for 'underscore' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'emphasize'.

Roleset id: underscore.01 , emphasize, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: emphasizer
        Arg1: utterance
        Arg2: hearer (rare)

Example: active

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

        The results underscore Sears's difficulties in implementing the
        ``everyday low pricing'' strategy that it adopted in March as part
        of a broad attempt to revive its retailing business.

        Arg0 : The results
        Rel : underscore
        Arg1 : Sears's difficulties in implementing the ``everyday low pricing'' strategy that it adopted in March as part of a broad attempt to revive its retailing business

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Saab's problems]-1 were underscored *trace*-1 Friday when the company
        announced that its car division had a 1.2 billion kronor ($186.1
        million) loss during the first eight months of this year, slightly
        worse than Saab-Scania had forecast in its first-half report last
        month.

        Rel : underscored
        Arg1 : *trace*
        ArgM-TMP : Friday
        ArgM-TMP : when the company announced that its car division had a 1.2 billion kronor ($186.1 million) loss during the first eight months of this year, slightly worse than Saab-Scania had forecast in its first-half report last month

Example: with hearer

        Mary underscored to John that he must never ever call her
        'Snoogie-wookums' in public.
       

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : underscored
        Arg2 : to John
        Arg1 : he must never ever call her 'Snoogie-wookums' in public.