Predicate: broadcast

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

Roleset id: broadcast.01 , to transmit or announce, vncls: 37.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: transmitter, agent (vnrole: 37.4-Agent)
        Arg1: message (vnrole: 37.4-Topic)
        Arg2: audience (vnrole: 37.4-Recipient)
        Arg3: source

Example: with Arg2

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

        The Voice of America is a government agency that [*T*-1] broadcasts news and views -- some might say propaganda -- in 43 languages to 130 million listeners around the world .

        ArgM-RCL: that -> a government agency
        Arg0: [*T*-1]
        Rel: broadcasts
        Arg1: news and views -- some might say propaganda --
        ArgM-MNR: in 43 languages
        Arg2: to 130 million listeners around the world

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Last year 's series]*-1, broadcast [*-1] by General Electric Co. 's NBC , was the lowest-rated Series in four years ; instead of [*] featuring a major East Coast team against a West Coast team , it pitted the Los Angeles Dodgers against the losing Oakland A's .

        Rel: broadcast
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by General Electric Co. 's NBC

Example: with Arg3

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        While rival ABC News outstripped the competition in live coverage of the event by sheer luck -- the network was broadcasting the World Series from Candlestick Park when the quake struck [*T*-1] -- NBC News was unable [*-2] to get its signal out of San Francisco for the first hour after the quake .

        Arg0: the network
        Rel: broadcasting
        Arg1: the World Series
        Arg3: from Candlestick Park
        ArgM-TMP: when the quake struck [*T*-1]