Predicate: acclaim
acclaim: Frames file for 'acclaim' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: acclaim.01 , approve of loudly, vncls: 33, framnet: Judgment_communication
acclaim.01: Verbnet entry judgement-33, Framenet entry Judgement_communication.
Roles:
Usually the cause and the acclaimed party are merged, as in the first example.
Arg0: acclaimer (vnrole: 33-agent)
Arg1: acclaimed (vnrole: 33-theme)
Arg2: cause, acclaimed for what? (vnrole: 33-predicate)
Example: usually just transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
On Oct. 3, following conversations with Secretary of State James
Baker,[Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze]-1 arrived in
Managua [*-1} to acclaim ``Nicaragua's great peace efforts.''
Arg0: [*-1] (= Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Sheverdnadze)
Rel: acclaim
Arg1: Nicaragua's great peace efforts
Example: oddly with cause
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mary acclaimed John for cleaning the garage.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: acclaimed
Arg1: John
Arg2: for cleaning the garage
Example: passive
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[The series]-1 was critically acclaimed *trace*-1 for its thoughtful and intense treatment of difficult issues.
Argm-mnr: critically
Rel: acclaimed
Arg1: *trace*-1 (= The series)
Arg2: for its thoughtful and intense treatment of difficult issues