Predicate: obsess

Roleset id: obsess.01 , monomania, think about a lot, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

obsess.01: OBSESS-V NOTES: Frames file for 'obsess' based on sentences in wsj; adjectival 'obsessional' based on BOLT-4,5.Member of VNcls amuse-31.1, marvel-31.3. (from obsess.01-v)
       
        OBSESSION-N NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, comparison to verb entry obsess.01, which maps to VN class 31.3-8, FN Emotion_active. (from obsession.01-n)
       
        OBSESSED-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, obsess.01. Corresponds to VNcls amuse-31.1, marvel-31.3-8. (from obsessed.01-j)
       
        OBSESSIONAL-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from obsessional.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
obsess (v.)Emotion_active31.1, 31.3
obsession (n.)Emotion_active
obsessed (j.)
obsessional (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: obsessed entity (vnrole: 31.3-experiencer, 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg1-PAG: obsession (vnrole: 31.3-stimulus, 31.1-stimulus)

Example: ARG0 and ARG1

        In the past , too much emphasis on schoolwork and good grades encouraged the development of a society in which many are crudely obsessed with personal gain .

        Argm-loc: [a society][in which]
        Arg0: many
        Argm-adv: crudely
        Rel: obsessed
        Arg1: with personal gain

Example: obsessional-j

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

        I am very obsessional to the point where I get up 20 times a night to check the locks in my house are all locked a particular way .

        Arg0: I
        Argm-ext: very
        Rel: obsessional
        Argm-ext: to the point where I get up 20 times a night to check the locks in my house are all locked a particular way

Example: obsession-n: All args except 0

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

        Surely it has to be for more than some infantile kneejerk obsession with the Brave - heart movie and a unjustified grievance with highly slanted views on history ?

        Argm-adj: infantile
        Argm-mnr: kneejerk
        Rel: obsession
        Arg1: with the Brave - heart movie

Example: obsessed-j: both args

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

        It seems that the higher class are obsessed with imitating and adopting western culture , in a sense it boosts their superiority complex .

        Arg0: the higher classes
        Rel: obsessed
        Arg1: with imitating and adopting western culture

Example: obsessed-j

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

        But it is Mr. Lane, as movie director, producer and writer, who has been obsessed with *trace* refitting Chaplin's Little Tramp in a contemporary way.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: who -> Mr. Lane, as movie director, producer and writer,
        Rel: obsessed
        Arg1: with refitting Chaplin's Little Tramp in a contemporary way