Frameset - wail-v

Predicate: wail

Frames file for 'wail' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: wail.01 , to grieve or protest loudly, to cry, vncls: 37.3

Roles:

Arg0: speaker
Arg1: entity wailed about

Example: transitive

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle

        At the hearing , Rep. Oakar started wailing about `` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland . ''

        Arg0 : Rep. Oakar
        Rel : wailing
        Arg1 : about `` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland