Predicate: brag
Roleset id: brag.01 , to talk boastfully, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
brag.01: BRAG-V NOTES: Frames file for 'brag' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from brag.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| brag (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: boastful talker, agent (vnrole: 37.8-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: topic bragged about (vnrole: 37.8-Topic)
Example: prepositional Arg1
person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The staff brags about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity , without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol .
Arg0: The staff
Rel: brags
Arg1: about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity
Argm-adv: without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol
Example: non-prepositional Arg1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
That has taken some of the swagger out of natives who [*T*-1]-3 like [*-3]to brag that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation , but it has increased their legendary resentment of outsiders .
Arg0: [*-3]
Argm-adv: who -> natives
Rel: brag
Arg1: that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation