Predicate: complicate

Roleset id: complicate.01 , make complicated, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

complicate.01: COMPLICATE-V NOTES: Be careful for adjectival "complicated" usages confused with verbal"complicated" usages. (from complicate.01-v) COMPLICATION-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry complicate.01, OntoNotes grouping complication-n senses 1-3; no mapping to VN. Framed by Claire. (from complication.01-n) COMPLICATED-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. (from complicated.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
complicate (v.)
complicated (j.)
complication (n.)

Roles:

        No example of beneficiary found with nominalization, but it may come up; see verb entry for example. (from complication.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: agent, entity causing something to become complicated
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming complicated
        Arg2-GOL: benefactive

Example: transitive

        Cray Research's decision to link its $98.3 million promissory note to Mr. Cray's presence will complicate a valuation of the new company.

        Arg0: Cray Research's decision to link its $98.3 million promissory note to Mr. Cray's presence
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: complicate
        Arg1: a valuation of the new company.

Example: with benefactive

        [The new round of bidding]-1 would seem *trace*-1 to complicate the decision making for Judge James Yacos.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: complicate
        Arg1: the decision making
        Arg2: for Judge James Yacos

Example: Args 0 & 1

        His unnecessary complication of the explanation only confused the students.

        Arg0: His
        Argm-mnr: unnecessary
        Rel: complication
        Arg1: of the explanation

Example: Non-agentive complicator

        The new experimental data's complication of the existing theory cannot be dismissed.

        Arg0: new experimental data's
        Rel: complication
        Arg1: of the existing theory

Example: Medical, complicator as "from" PP

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

        He died of complications from the surgery.

        Rel: complications
        Arg0: from the surgery

Example: Arg 1 only

        It 's complicated , I 'll grant you that .

        Arg1: It
        Rel: complicated

Example: All args

        The position is complicated for me by the fact that I really began to write novels, not out of any spiritual urgency, but in order to earn money.

        Arg1: The position
        Rel: complicated
        Arg2: for me
        Arg0: by the fact that I really began to write novels, not out of any spiritual urgency, but in order to earn money.