Predicate: bless

Roleset id: bless.01 , bless, act of saying prayer, bestowing happiness/wellbeing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

bless.01: BLESS-V NOTES: This verb doesn't fit easily into this class; arg2 is usually a role(applaud as or for) and the fact that the gift can only occur with apassivized verb is suspicious also. Perhaps the class needs to besplit, or the membership reevaluated. (from bless.01-v) BLESSING-N NOTES: Roleset based on BOLT P01 instances. Comparison to verb entry bless.01, which maps to VN class 33. FrameNet Rite. (from blessing.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
blessing (n.)Rite
bless (v.)
give_blessing (l.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity giving blessing (vnrole: 33-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity being blessed (vnrole: 33-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: blessed with (gift) (vnrole: 33-Attribute)

Example: straight transitive

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

        [Jaguar shareholders]-2 would have *trace*-2 to bless such a far-reaching accord.

        Arg0: *trace*-2
        Rel: bless
        Arg1: such a far-reaching accord

Example: unstated blesser

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

        I have seen one or two men die, *trace* bless them.

        Arg0:
        Rel: bless
        Arg1: them

Example: with gift

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Though [I've]-1 been blessed *trace*-1 with academic degrees and some success in the materialistic world, I've never forgotten or lost contact with those memories of the 1930s.

        Rel: blessed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: with academic degrees and some success in the materialistic world

Example: predicative gift

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        To Mr. Engelken, it is also a story ``about love, because I'm blessed to have a wife who still thinks her slightly eccentric husband's 50th birthday deserves the ultimate present.''

        Arg1: I
        Rel: blessed
        Arg2: to have a wife who still thinks her slightly eccentric husband's 50th birthday deserves the ultimate present

Example: All args

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

        Christ's esteem for the natural institution of marriage is evident in His blessing of the wedding at Cana with a miracle.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: blessing
        Arg1: of the wedding at Cana
        Arg2: with a miracle