Roleset testify.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "give testimony, provide evidence":

Roles:

Arg0:witness, agent


Arg1:testimony, evidence for


Arg2:person testified for/against

Examples:

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


with Arg2 (-)
The school-board hearing at which she was dismissed [*-2] [*T*-1] was crowded [*-4] with students , teachers and parents who [*T*-98] came [*-3] to testify on her behalf .
Arg0:	[*-3] -> [*T*-98] -> who -> students , teachers and parents
REL:	testify
Arg2-on:	her behalf

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


with Arg1 (-)
One secretary testified that the judge once called her to his office while [*-1] wearing nothing at all .
Arg0:	One secretary
REL:	testified
Arg1:	that the judge once called her to his office while [*-1] wearing nothing at all

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


with Arg2-against (-)
The first one permits a witness [*-1] to refuse [*-2] to testify against her spouse .
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*-1] -> a witness
REL:	testify
Arg2-against:	her spouse

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


with Arg1-to (-)
The vehemence of the emotions aroused [*] by the case testifies to its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted [*T*-1] as an eternal part of the human condition .
Arg0:	The vehemence of the emotions aroused [*] by the case
REL:	testifies
Arg1-to:	its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted [*T*-1] as an eternal part of the human condition

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


with Arg1-about (-)
`` There are some witnesses who [*T*-1] will be forced [*-2] to testify about their meetings with senators . ''
Arg0:	[*-2] -> [*T*-1] -> who -> some witnesses
REL:	testify
Arg1-about:	their meetings with senators