Predicate: describe

Roleset id: describe.01 , assign a label or attribute, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

describe.01: DESCRIBE-V NOTES: Comparison to 'call' attributive sense. Member of VNcls characterize-29.2-1-1. (from describe.01-v) DESCRIPTION-N NOTES: Based on nouns00080. Vn class characterize-29.2-1-1. Fn class communicate_categorization. Framed by Katie. (from description.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
description (n.)communicate_categorization
describe (v.)Communicate_categorization

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: describer (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing described (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: secondary attribute, described-as (vnrole: 29.2-1-1-Attribute)

Example: all args

        The SEC documents describe those chips, which are made of gallium arsenide, as *trace* being so fragile and minute they will require special robotic handling equipment.

        Arg0: The SEC documents
        Rel: describe
        Arg1: those chips, which are made of gallium arsenide
        Arg2: as *trace* being so fragile and minute they will require special robotic handling equipment

Example: inverted attribute

        a ``seething mass,'' as one trader described it.

        Arg2: a ``seething mass,''
        Arg0: one trader
        Rel: described
        Arg1: it

Example: no attribute

        It didn't describe the source of funds or the specific terms of StatesWest securities which were part of the offer.

        Arg0: It
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: describe
        Arg1: the source of funds or the specific terms of StatesWest securities which were part of the offer

Example: all args

        Mr. Masson 's description of himself as a `` private asset but public liability '' to Anna Freud

        Arg0: Mr. Masson 's
        Rel: description
        Arg1: of himself
        Arg2: as a `` private asset but public liability ''
        Argm-gol: to Anna Freud

Example: Another arg 0 and 1

        Mr. Gould 's minute descriptions of these creatures

        Arg0: Mr. Gould 's
        Argm-mnr: minute
        Rel: descriptions
        Arg1: of these creatures

Example: Most common medical usage

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

        Gross description:

        Argm-adj: Gross
        Rel: description