Predicate: yearn

Frames file for 'yearn' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: yearn.01 , strongly desire, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: desirer
        Arg1: object of desire

Example: transitive - verbal argument

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

        He who [*T*-1] had tried so hard , who [*T*-2] had yearned so passionately [*-3] to be a great officer .

        ArgM-RCL : who -> He
        Arg0 : [*T*-2]
        Rel : yearned
        ArgM-MNR : so passionately
        Arg1 : [*-3] to be a great officer

Example: transitive - noun argument

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

        Stevie yearned for a dog .

        Arg0 : Stevie
        Rel : yearned
        Arg1 : for a dog