Roleset acclaim.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "approve of loudly":

Roles:

Arg0:acclaimer


Arg1:acclaimed


Arg2:cause

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


usually just transitive (-)
On Oct. 3, following conversations with Secretary of State James Baker, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Managua to acclaim ``Nicaragua's great peace efforts.''
Arg0:	[*-1] -> Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze
REL:	acclaim
Arg1:	Nicaragua's great peace efforts

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


oddly with cause (-)
Mary acclaimed John for cleaning the garage.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	acclaimed
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	cleaning the garage

Usually the cause and the acclaimed party are merged, as in the first example.