Predicate: overhear
Roleset id: overhear.01 , hear by 'accident', Source: , vncls: , framnet:
overhear.01: OVERHEAR-V NOTES: Frames file for 'overhear' based on sentences in brown. (from overhear.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
overhear (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: hearer
        Arg1-PPT: heard
        Arg2-LOC: location of speech, or speaker(s)
Example: with conversants
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        It is evident that Lizzie did not tell everything [0] she overheard [*T*-3]between her father and her Uncle Morse.
        Arg0: she
        Rel: overheard
        Arg1: [*T*-3]
        Argm-rcl: [0] -> everything
        Arg2: between her father and her Uncle Morse
Example: intransitive
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        Thornburg added in a lower voice but Andy overheard, ``They act more like a jury than an audience''.
        Arg0: Andy
        Rel: overheard
Example: funky passive
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        McKinley-1 was overheard [*-1] to say that he would like to get the knife into Spencer's possession and that...
        Rel: overheard
        Arg2: [*-1]
        Arg1: to say that he would like to get the knife into Spencer's possession and that...