Predicate: assertion
Roleset id: assertion.01 , Say, claim, vncls: , framnet:
assertion.01: Based on verb entries assert.02 and assert.03; corresponds to VN class conjecture-29.5-2.
Roles:
No examples of arg3 found.
Arg0: speaker, asserter (vnrole: 29.5-agent)
Arg1: utterance, claim (vnrole: 29.5-theme)
Arg2: listener
Arg3: predication, arg1 is claimed to be what? (vnrole: 29.5-predicate)
Example: Args 0, 1, 2
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
However, it was his assertion to the press that the job of president was easy?he merely executed laws that Congress passed?that revealed his political viewpoint.
Arg0: his
Rel: assertion
Arg2: to the press
Arg1: that the job of president was easy?he merely executed laws that Congress passed