Roleset frown.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "an upside-down smile":

Roles:

Arg0:frowner

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


bare participle (-)
She stood *trace* frowning and chewing her lip.
Arg0:	*trace*-> She
REL:	frowning

could conceivably take a cognate object: 'frown a worried frown'

Roleset frown.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "disapprove of":

Roles:

Arg0:disapprover


Arg1:disapproved action

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle
Would they prefer the dissection of living bodies?

for shame! (-)
It is like medical schools in India where, in that fairy-land of religious inhibition, the dissection of dead bodies is frowned upon *trace*.
REL:	frowned
Arg1-upon:	*trace* -> the dissection of dead bodies

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


both args (-)
When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this practice and it was discontinued.
Argm-TMP:	When cattle became more valuable
Arg0:	ranch owners
REL:	frowned
Arg1-upon:	this practice