Roleset report.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "report, tell":

Roles:

Arg0:Reporter


Arg1:thing reported


Arg2:entity reported to

Examples:

just the news (-)
Commonwealth Edison reported earnings of $737 million.
Arg0:	Commonwealth Edison
REL:	reported
Arg1:	earnings of $737 million




just hearer (-)
He will report to Donald Pardus.
Arg0:	He
REL:	report
Arg2-to:	to Donald Pardus




passivized (-)
Preliminary findings were reported more than a year ago by the AMA
Arg1:	Preliminary findings
REL:	reported
ArgM-TMP:	more than a year ago
Arg0-by:	(by the AMA)




passive extraction (-)
Retail sales were reported *trace* slow in most districts.
Arg1:	[Retail sales] [*trace* slow]
REL:	reported
ArgM-LOC:	in most districts




another passive extraction (-)
Hammersmith is reported *trace* to have been sold.
Arg1:	[Hammersmith] [*trace* to have been sold]
REL:	reported




untargeted passive (-)
This goes past what had been reported *trace=what* before.
REL:	reported
Arg0:	*trace=what*
ArgM-TMP:	before




fronted (-)
The FBI found evidence for an alien invasion, Agt Mulder reported *trace*
Arg0:	Agt Mulder
REL:	reported
Arg1:	*trace* -> The FBI found evidence for an alien invasion




inverted (-)
Japanese corporations bought South Dakota, reported *trace* Newsweek.
REL:	reported
Arg1:	*trace* -> Japanese coporations bought South Dakota
Arg0:	Newsweek




discourse-connective (-)
As *trace-1* reported *trace-2*, John said something stupid again.
Arg0:	*trace-1*
REL:	expected
Arg1:	*trace-2*

(Note: traces don't connect to anything) Note: as with "say", the automatic tagger chooses an embedded S as the argument of "report" rather than the S-BAR, even in cases with a complementizer ("reported that blah"). To avoid having to change too many sentences, we should follow this pattern.