Predicate: observe
Roleset id: observe.01 , look at, mark, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
observe.01: OBSERVE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'observe' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.5-2 30.2 35.4 37.7-1, other framed members include: assert, deny; regard, scrutinize, study; announce, claim, declare. Comparison with 'look (at)' and 'say'. (from observe.01-v predicate notes) OBSERVATION-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to observe.01. VN classes sight-30.2 and investigate-35.4. FN class perception_action. Framed by Katie. (from observation.02-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
observation (n.) | perception_action | |
observe (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PPT: observer (vnrole: 30.2-experiencer, 35.4-agent)
        Arg1-PAG: thing looked at (vnrole: 30.2-stimulus, 35.4-location)
Example: ARG0 and ARG1
        Jin Zhong , president and editor - in - chief of Hong Kong 's OPEN magazine , which specializes in political reporting and commentary , spent an entire week in Taiwan observing the election campaign and its aftermath , and on 20 March , OPEN organized a seminar titled " The New President and Cross-Strait Relations . "
        Arg0: Jin Zhong , president and editor - in - chief of Hong Kong 's OPEN magazine , which specializes in political reporting and commentary
        Rel: observing
        Arg1: the election campaign and its aftermath
Example: commemorate
        Students at National Chenchi University observed the May Fourth Anniversary.
        Arg0: Students at National Chenchi University
        Rel: observed
        Arg1: the May Fourth Anniversary
Example:
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        His observation of snakes in the wild
        Arg0: His
        Rel: observation
        Arg1: of snakes
        Argm-loc: in the wild
Example: Arg 1 only
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        global observation
        Arg1: global
        Rel: observation
Roleset id: observe.02 , say, state, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
observe.02: OBSERVE-V NOTES: All the usual suspects for possible syntactes--refer to (eg) say for --> --details. (from observe.02-v) OBSERVATION-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to observe.02. VN classes conjecture-29.5-2 and say-37.7-1. Framed by Katie. (from observation.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
observe (v.) | | |
observation (n.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: Sayer (vnrole: 29.5-2-agent, 37.7-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: Utterance (vnrole: 29.5-2-predicate, 37.7-1-topic)
        Arg2-GOL: Hearer (vnrole: 29.5-2-theme, 37.7-1-recipient)
        Arg3-PRD: Attributive
Example: inverted
        [Ford is ``in the driving seat at the moment,'']-1 observed *trace*-1 Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel& Co.
        Rel: observed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel& Co
Example: Args 0 and 3
        his observations about Japanese management style
        Arg0: his
        Rel: observations
        Arg3: about Japanese management style
Example: Arg 0
        One of Mr. Roberts 's observations is that the Bank 's own loan portfolio is in deep trouble because of its lending to developingcountries.
        Arg0: Mr. Roberts 's
        Rel: observations