Predicate: allege

allege: Frames file for 'allege' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: allege.01 , say without proof, vncls: 37.7, framnet: Statement

allege.01: Verbnet entry say-37.7. Framenet entry Statement. Comparison with verbs of saying.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker, alleger (vnrole: 37.7-agent)
        Arg1: utterance, allegation (vnrole: 37.7-topic)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.7-recipient)

Example: no hearer

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

        The complaint alleges that the price is ``unfair and grossly
        inadequate''

        Arg0: The complaint
        Rel: alleges
        Arg1: that the price is ``unfair and grossly inadequate''

Example: with hearer

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

        John alleged to Mary that he was wearing no underwear.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: alleged
        Arg2: to Mary
        Arg1: that he was wearing no underwear