Frameset

Predicate disappoint:

Frames file for 'disappoint' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'surprise'.

Roleset disappoint.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "disappoint":

Roles:

Arg0:disappointer

Arg1:disappointed

Arg2:instrument

Examples:

verbal, active (-)
`Known as Easy Eggs, the product has disappointed investors.`
ArgM:	Known as Easy Eggs
Arg0:	the product
REL:	disappointed
Arg1:	investors

verbal, passive (-)
First Union, with assets of about $32 billion, said it was disappointed *trace* by the delay but said it would cooperate with regulatory authorities.

REL: disappointed

Arg1: *trace* -> it

Arg0-by: the delay

verbal, passive (-)
`First Union, with assets of about $32 billion, said it was disappointed trace by the delay but said it would cooperate with regulatory authorities.`
REL:	disappointed
Arg1:	trace -> it
Arg0-by:	the delay

adjectival, NP arg0 (-)
Mr. Nichol said he was ``extremely disappointed in the continuing deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to conclude the reorganization during the past four months.''

Arg1: he

ArgM-MNR: extremely

REL: disappointed

Arg0-in: the continuing deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to conclude the reorganization during the past four months

adjectival, NP arg0 (-)
Mr. Nichol said he was ``extremely disappointed in the continuing deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to conclude the reorganization during the past four months.''
Arg1:	he
ArgM-MNR:	extremely
REL:	disappointed
Arg0-in:	the continuing deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to conclude the reorganization during the past four months

adjectival, SBAR arg0 (-)
It shed about 7 pence, however, after dealers said the market was disappointed that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company.

Arg1: the market

REL: disappointed

Arg0: that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company

adjectival, SBAR arg0 (-)
`It shed about 7 pence, however, after dealers said the market was disappointed that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company.`
Arg1:	the market
REL:	disappointed
Arg0:	that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company

adjectival, really pushing the arg0 (-)
Sir John Egan told reporters at London's Motorfair yesterday he ``would be disappointed if we couldn't do the deal within a month.''

Arg1: he

ArgM-MOD: would

REL: disappointed

Arg0: if we couldn't do the deal within a month

adjectival, really pushing the arg0 (-)
Sir John Egan told reporters at London's Motorfair yesterday he ``would be disappointed if we couldn't do the deal within a month.''
Arg1:	he
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	disappointed
Arg0:	if we couldn't do the deal within a month

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
both arg0 and arg2 (-)

John disppointed Mary with his juvenile behavior at the fancy party.

Arg0: John

REL: disappointed

Arg1: Mary

Arg2-with: his juvenile behavior at the fancy party

both arg0 and arg2 (-)
`John disppointed Mary with his juvenile behavior at the fancy party.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	disappointed
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-with:	his juvenile behavior at the fancy party

As with 'surprise', the line between verbal passives and adjectivals is almost nonexistent. Note, for example, that the Ford example above can be easily paraphrased as "That Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company disappointed the market." (For this reason, the complementizer MUST be included in the arg.)