Predicate: desire

Roleset id: desire.01 , want, crave, desire, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

desire.01: DESIRE-V NOTES: Member of VNcls want-32.1-1-1. (from desire.01-v) DESIRE-N NOTES: (from desire.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
desire (v.)Desiring
desire (n.)
desirous (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: wanter (vnrole: 32.1-Pivot)
        Arg1-PPT: wanted (vnrole: 32.1-Theme)

Example: desire-v: not like any ringers I know

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

        In the torrent of replies that followed, one woman ringer from Solihull observed that ``the average male ringer leaves quite a lot [0]-1 [*trace*-1]-2 to be desired *trace*-2: badly dressed, decorated with acne and a large beer-belly, frequently unwashed and unbearably flatulent in peals.''

        Rel: desired
        Arg1: *trace*-2 (= *trace*-1 = [0]-1)
        Argm-slc: [0] -> quite a lot

Example: desire-v: active

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

        Seeking to allay European concerns, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said in Washington that the new U.S. plan wouldn't ``put farmers out of business'' but would encourage them to ``grow what-1 the markets desire *trace*-1 instead of what the government wants.''

        Arg0: the markets
        Rel: desire
        Arg1: *trace*-1

Example: desirous-j

        The boy is desirous of the girl believing him

        Arg0: The boy
        Rel: desirous
        Arg1: of the girl believing him


Predicate: desirable

Roleset id: desirable.02 , worthy of wanting, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

desirable.02: DESIRABLE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, desire-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls want-32.1-1-1. (from desirable.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
desirable (j.)Desirability

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: wanter (vnrole: 32.1-1-1-pivot)
        Arg1-PPT: wanted (vnrole: 32.1-1-1-theme)

Example: desirable-j: arg1

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

        I can understand the argument that nuclear proliferation is bad and any of these states having nuclear weapons is not desirable as it just leads to proliferation in the region , but that argument should have been used against Pakistan and Israel getting nukes .

        Arg1: any of these states having nuclear weapons
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: desirable
        Argm-cau: as it just leads to proliferation in the region