Predicate: brag

brag: Frames file for 'brag' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: brag.01 , to talk boastfully, vncls: 37.8, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: boastful talker, agent (vnrole: 37.8-agent)
        Arg1: topic bragged about (vnrole: 37.8-topic)

Example: prepositional Arg1

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

        The staff brags about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity , without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol .

        Arg0: The staff
        Rel: brags
        Arg1: about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity
        Argm-adv: without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol

Example: non-prepositional Arg1

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

        That has taken some of the swagger out of natives who [*T*-1]-3 like [*-3] to brag that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation , but it has increased their legendary resentment of outsiders .

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Argm-adv: who -> natives
        Rel: brag
        Arg1: that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation