Predicate: construe

Roleset id: construe.01 , to interpret, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

construe.01: CONSTRUE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'construe' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from construe.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
construe (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: interpreter, agent
        Arg1-PPT: entity construed

Example: transitive

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

        In the Lilly case , the appeals court broadly construed a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*]to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1] .

        ArgM-LOC: In the Lilly case
        Arg0: the appeals court
        ArgM-MNR: broadly
        Rel: construed
        Arg1: a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*]to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1]