Predicate: testify

Roleset id: testify.01 , give testimony, provide evidence, provide evidence in form of testifying, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

testify.01: TESTIFY-V NOTES: VN, FN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls lecture-37.11-1. (from testify.01-v) TESTIMONY-N NOTES: Roleset baed on instances in BOLT P01. Comparison to verb entry testify.01, which maps to VN class 37.11-1, FN Documents. (from testimony.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
testify (v.)Evidence
testimony (n.)Documents

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: witness, agent (vnrole: 37.11-1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: testimony, evidence for (vnrole: 37.11-1-Topic)
        Arg2-GOL: person testified for/against (vnrole: 37.11-1-Recipient)

Example: with Arg2

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

        The school-board hearing at which she was dismissed was crowded with students , teachers and parents who [*T*-98]-3 came [*-3]to testify on her behalf .

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: testify
        Arg2: on her behalf

Example: with Arg1

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

        One secretary testified that the judge once called her to his office while [*-1] wearing nothing at all .

        Arg0: One secretary
        Rel: testified
        Arg1: that the judge once called her to his office while [*-1] wearing nothing at all

Example: with Arg2-against

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

        The first one permits [a witness]-1 [*-1]-2 to refuse [*-2] to testify against her spouse .

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: testify
        Arg2: against her spouse

Example: with Arg1-to

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

        The vehemence of the emotions aroused by the case testifies to its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted as an eternal part of the human condition .

        Arg0: The vehemence of the emotions aroused by the case
        Rel: testifies
        Arg1: to its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted as an eternal part of the human condition

Example: with Arg1-about

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

        `` There are some witnesses who [*T*-1]-2 will be forced [*-2]to testify about their meetings with senators . ''

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: testify
        Arg1: about their meetings with senators

Example: Args 0 and 2

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

        ...who was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony against the sisters.

        Arg0: her
        Rel: testimony
        Arg2: against the sisters

Example: Args 0 and 1

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

        Likewise her testimony that she "cried the whole 16 hours," following the episode, because she felt that her job was threatened.

        Arg0: her
        Rel: testimony
        Arg1: that she "cried the whole 16 hours," following the episode