Predicate: portend

Roleset id: portend.01 , to indicate by signs, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

portend.01: PORTEND-V NOTES: Frames file for 'portend' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from portend.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
portend (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: thing portending
        Arg1-PPT: sign
        Arg2-GOL: portend for

Example: all arguments

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

        He said [0] last week 's activity in gold could portend a move to $ 390 [*U*]an ounce for the December contract .

        Arg0: last week 's activity in gold
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: portend
        Arg1: a move to $ 390 [*U*] an ounce
        Arg2: for the December contract

Example: transitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        This portends consequences from what we have already done [*T*-2] that [*T*-1]will be very destabilizing to social and economic systems .

        Arg0: This
        Rel: portends
        Arg1: consequences from what we have already done [*T*-2] that [*T*-1]will be very destabilizing to social and economic systems