Roleset emphasize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "emphasize":

Roles:

Arg0:emphasizer


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

transitive (-)
The statement emphasized that holders representing 75% of the shares voting at a special shareholders' meeting must agree to lift the takeover restrictions.
Arg0:	The statement
REL:	emphasized
Arg1:	holders representing 75% of the shares voting at a special shareholders' meeting must agree to lift the takeover restrictions




with hearer (-)
Mary emphasized to John that he must never ever call her 'Snoogie-wookums' in public.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	emphasized
Arg2-to:	John
Arg1:	he must never ever call her 'Snoogie-wookums' in public.