Predicate: assert

Roleset id: assert.01 , stand one's ground, speak up for oneself, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

assert.01: ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. (from assert.01-v)

Aliases:

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assert (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: asserter (vnrole: 48.1.2-agent, 48.1.2-theme)
        Arg1-REC: self

Example: reflexive

        Wives are asserting themselves more strongly.

        Arg0: Wives
        Rel: asserting
        Arg1-rec: themselves
        Argm-mnr: more strongly

Roleset id: assert.02 , manner of utterance, say, claim, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

assert.02: ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes conjecture-29.5-2 and reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. Refer to 'say' for examples of other usages. (from assert.02-v) ASSERTION-N NOTES: Based on verb entries assert.02 and assert.03; corresponds to VN class conjecture-29.5-2. (from assertion.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
assertion (n.)
assert (v.)Statement

Roles:

        No examples of arg3 found. (from assertion.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: speaker, asserter (vnrole: 29.5-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance, claim (vnrole: 29.5-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: listener
        Arg3-PRD: predication, arg1 is claimed to be what? (vnrole: 29.5-predicate)

Example: transitive, normal order

        Still another boy asserted: to be a good Jew is to do no wrong; it's to be a good person.

        Arg0: Still another boy
        Rel: asserted
        Arg1: to be a good Jew is to do no wrong; it's to be a good person.

Example: Args 0, 1, 2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        However, it was his assertion to the press that the job of president was easy?he merely executed laws that Congress passed?that revealed his political viewpoint.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: assertion
        Arg2: to the press
        Arg1: that the job of president was easy?he merely executed laws that Congress passed

Roleset id: assert.03 , claim, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

assert.03: ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes conjecture-29.5-2 and reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. (from assert.03-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
assert (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker, asserter (vnrole: 29.5-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance, claim (vnrole: 29.5-theme)
        Arg2-GOL: listener
        Arg3-PRD: predication, arg1 is claimed to be what? (vnrole: 29.5-predicate)

Example: simple transitive

        The President asserted a power of excision.

        Arg0: The President
        Rel: asserted
        Arg1: a power of excision

Example: with secondary predication

        The author had asserted several points about Mr. Hubbard.

        Arg0: The author
        Rel: asserted
        Arg1: several points
        Arg3: about Mr. Hubbard