Predicate: decry

Roleset id: decry.01 , publicly express low opinion of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

decry.01: DECRY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'decry' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 33, Framenet entry Judgement. (from decry.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
decry (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: agent, decrier (vnrole: 33-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing with low value (vnrole: 33-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: reason (vnrole: 33-Attribute)

Example: no reason

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

        Supportive callers decried unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin, on a local radio talk show on which she appeared.

        Arg0: Supportive callers
        Rel: decried
        Arg1: unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin,
        Argm-loc: on a local radio talk show on which she appeared

Example: with reason

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

        Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York, decries program trading as ``limiting the game to a few,'' but he also isn't sure it should be more strictly regulated.

        Arg0: Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York,
        Rel: decries
        Arg1: program trading
        Arg2: as limiting the game to a few