Predicate: expound
Roleset id: expound.01 , explain, talk about, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
expound.01: EXPOUND-V NOTES: Could take listener arg? (from expound.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| expound (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: expounder, speaker (vnrole: 37.1.1-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: thing explained, topic (vnrole: 37.1.1-Topic)
Example: sentential topic
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
Rivals carp at ``the principle of Pilson,'' as NBC's Arthur Watson once put it -- ``he's always expounding that rights are too high, then he's going crazy.''
Arg0: he
Argm-tmp: always
Rel: expounding
Arg1: that rights are too high