Predicate: amuse
amuse: Frames file for 'amuse' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: amuse.01 , cause mirth, vncls: 31.1, framnet: Cause_to_experience
amuse.01: Verbnet entry amuse-31.1.
Roles:
Arg0: causer of mirth (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
Arg1: mirthful entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2: instrument
Example: intransitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Better to look in the corners for performances that [*T*-1]
inspire or amuse.
Argm-slc: that -> performances
Arg0: [*T*-1] (= that)
Rel: amuse
Example: arg0 as SBAR
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
I-2 was amused *trace*-2 [*-2] to read your recent news stories on the banking
industry's reserve additions and concomitant threats to cease
making new loans to less-developed countries.
Rel: amused
Arg1: *trace*-2 (= I)
Arg0: [*-2] to read your recent news stories on the banking industry's reserve additions and concomitant threats to cease making new loans to less-developed countries
Example: all args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John can amuse himself for hours with a piece of yarn.
Arg0: John
Argm-mod: can
Rel: amuse
Arg1-rec: himself
Argm-tmp: for hours
Arg2: with a piece of yarn