Predicate: please
Roleset id: please.01 , make happy, contented, satisfied, possibly smug, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
please.01: PLEASE-V NOTES: Discourse usage might also show traces in subject/object position,depending on which of the treebankers looked at that particularsentence. You may include them as targetless traces if they arepresent. This is pretty much adjectival. (from please.01-v) PLEASED-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, please-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls amuse-31.1. (from pleased.01-j) PLEASING-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from pleasing.01-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| pleased (j.) | Emotion_directed | |
| pleasing (j.) | | |
| please (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent, pleaser (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
Arg1-PPT: patient, entity pleased (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2-MNR: instrumental
Example: discourse usage
Policies designed to encourage one type of investor over another are akin to placing a sign over the Big Board's door saying: ``Buyers welcome, sellers please go away!''
Rel: please
Example: odd passive
Mr. Beall said that he was generally pleased with the latest numbers and cited a particularly strong showing by the company's electronics segment.
Arg1: he
Argm-mnr: generally
Rel: pleased
Arg0: with the latest numbers
Example: instrument or manner?
The company also pleased analysts by announcing four new store openings planned for fiscal 1990, ending next August.
Arg0: The company
Argm-dis: also
Rel: pleased
Arg1: analysts
Arg2: by announcing four new store openings planned for fiscal 1990, ending next August
Example: ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2
You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted .
Arg0: You
Rel: pleased
Arg1: yourselves
Arg2: with everything you wanted
Example: arg1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
The people who rented elaborate costumes were not pleased .
Arg1: The people who rented elaborate costumes
Argm-neg: not
Rel: pleased
Example: Party pooper
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Russian lawmaker 'not pleased' about UK royal birth.
Arg1: Russian lawmaker
Argm-neg: not
Rel: pleased
Arg0: about UK royal birth
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Kerwin was sure Vanda would be pleased with him for serving her breakfast in bed.
Arg1: Vanda
Argm-mod: would
Rel: pleased
Arg0: with him
Arg2: for serving her breakfast in bed
Example: inifinitival arg0
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
America is probably a lost cause , but I 'm pleased to see we 're going Scandinavian .
Arg1: I
Rel: pleased
Arg0: to see we're going Scandinavian
Predicate: pleasant
Roleset id: pleasant.02 , pleasant, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
pleasant.02: PLEASANT-J NOTES: (from pleasant.01-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| pleasant (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PPT: pleasant thing
Arg2-PPT: pleasant to/for whom?
Example: all args
The air is pleasant to me.
Rel: pleasant
Arg1: The air
Arg2: to me