Predicate: opine

Roleset id: opine.01 , express an opinion, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

opine.01: OPINE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'opine' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from opine.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
opinion (n.)
opine (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker
        Arg1-PPT: opinion
        Arg2-GOL: hearer

Example: just transitive

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

        You-1 are absolutely wrong, however, in [*]-1 opining that this position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at as a result of reading the opinion polls.

        Arg0: [*]
        Rel: opining
        Arg1: that this position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at as a result of reading the opinion polls

Example: with hearer

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

        ``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green ones,'' opined John to Mary.

        Arg1: ``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green ones,''
        Rel: opined
        Arg0: John
        Arg2: to Mary