Roleset portend.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to indicate by signs":

Roles:

Arg0:thing portending


Arg1:sign


Arg2:portend for

Examples:

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


all arguments (-)
He said [0] last week 's activity in gold could portend a move to $ 390 [*U*] an ounce for the December contract .
Arg0:	last week 's activity in gold
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	portend
Arg1:	a move to $ 390 [*U*] an ounce
Arg2-for:	the December contract

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


transitive (-)
This portends consequences from what we have already done [*T*-2] that [*T*-1] will be very destabilizing to social and economic systems .
Arg0:	This
REL:	portends
Arg1:	consequences from what we have already done [*T*-2] that [*T*-1] will be very destabilizing to social and economic systems