Roleset overstate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "exaggerate":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
In that suit, the SEC accused Mr. Antar of *trace* engaging in a ``massive financial fraud'' *trace* to overstate the earnings of Crazy Eddie, Edison, N.J., over a three-year period.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Mr. Antar
REL:	overstate
Arg1:	the earnings of Crazy Eddie , Edison , N.J. ,
ArgM-TMP:	over a three-year period

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with hearer (-)
John consistently overstates to Mary the progress he's made on his dissertation.
Arg0:	John
Argm-MNR:	consistently
REL:	overstates
Arg2-to:	Mary
Arg1:	the progress he's made on his dissertation.