Predicate: fret

Roleset id: fret.01 , worry, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

fret.01: FRET-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fret' based on sentences in wsj and automaticexpansion via verbnet. (from fret.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
fret (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: fretter, worrier (vnrole: 31.3-2-Experiencer)
        Arg1-PAG: cause (vnrole: 31.3-2-Stimulus)

Example: fret about an NP

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

        Meanwhile, business and government leaders rebuked the computer makers, and fretted about the broader statement the companies' actions make about Japanese cutthroat pricing.

        Argm-tmp: Meanwhile
        Arg0: business and government leaders
        Rel: fretted
        Arg1: about the broader statement the companies' actions make about Japanese cutthroat pricing

Example: fret an SBar

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

        But Mr. Ruffo frets that an even bigger problem could be protectionism from the U.S., where some politicians oppose what they consider Japanese efforts to use maquiladoras to crack the U.S. market through the back door.

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg0: Mr. Ruffo
        Rel: frets
        Arg1: that an even bigger problem could be protectionism from the U.S., where some politicians oppose what they consider Japanese efforts to use maquiladoras to crack the U.S. market through the back door

Example: fret over an SBar

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        They are obviously also more susceptible when they need money - retirees, for instance, trying to bolster their fixed income or parents fretting over how to pay for a child's college expenses.

        Arg0: parents
        Rel: fretting
        Arg1: over how to pay for a child's college expenses