Frameset

Predicate declare:

Frames file for 'declare' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet classes 29.4, 37.7, 48.1.2. Comparison with 'call.'

Roleset declare.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "call, label":

Roles:

Arg0:declarer, labeller

Arg1:item being described

Arg2:attribute on arg1

Examples:

This roleset id="declare.01" is inconsistent with how the financial subcorpus was tagged for 'call', but consistent with how 'call' SHOULD be framed. Call will have to be repaired at some later date.

basic attributive (-)
`Integra-A Hotel & Restaurant Co. said its planned rights offering to raise about $9 million was declared trace effective...`
REL:	declared
Arg1:	trace -> its planned rights offering to raise about $9 million
Arg2:	effective

Read the sentences carefully to distinguish the item and attribute--Treebank likes to put them under a single node, and the --> --tagger often follows that.

Roleset declare.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "announce":

Roles:

Arg0:announcer

Arg1:utterance

Arg2:hearer

Arg3:attributive

Examples:

make an announcement (-)
`UNIFIRST Corp. declared a 2-for-1 stock split .`
Arg0:	UNIFIRST Corp.
REL:	declared
Arg1:	a 2-for-1 stock split

Expect to see all the usual constructions for verbs-of-saying (fronted, split, etc). Arg2 "hearer" will probably be rare, and Arg3 "attributive" will probably not appear at all, falling instead under the other roleset.