Predicate: claim

claim: Frames file for 'claim' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class claim 37.7, other framed members include declare(?). Comparison with assert.

Roleset id: claim.01 , assert, vncls: 37.7, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: claimer, asserter (vnrole: 37.7-agent)
        Arg1: thing claimed, asserted (vnrole: 37.7-topic)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.7-recipient)

Example: arg1 as infinitive

        That represents a very thin ``excess'' return, certainly far less
        than what most fundamental stock pickers claim *trace* to seek as
        their performance objective.

        Arg0: most fundamental stock pickers
        Rel: claim
        Arg1: *trace* to seek as their performance objective

Example: arg1 as full sentence

        Some even claim the group has become a lagging, not leading,
        indicator.

        Arg0: Some
        Argm-dis: even
        Rel: claim
        Arg1: the group has become a lagging, not leading, indicator

Example: arg1 as NP

        A shareholders' accord would provide the first restitution to
        thousands of individuals and institutions claiming losses as a
        result of insider trading by Boesky & Co., once the largest
        arbitrage fund in the U.S..

        Arg0: individuals and institutions
        Rel: claiming
        Arg1: losses as a result of insider trading by Boesky & Co., once the largest arbitrage fund in the U.S.

Example: passive extraction

        DD Acquisition has launched a suit in a Delaware court seeking the
        withdrawal of Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock
        ownership plans, which it claims *trace* were put in place to
        deter bidders.

        Argm-rcl: which -> Dunkin's poison pill rights and employee stock ownership plans
        Arg0: it
        Rel: claims
        Arg1-str: *trace* were put in place to deter bidders

Example: with hearer

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

        As he left, the man apologized and claimed to her that his gun wasn't a real firearm, just an unloaded BB gun.

        Argm-tmp: As he left
        Arg0: the man
        Rel: claimed
        Arg2: to her
        Arg1: that his gun wasn't a real firearm, just an uloaded BB gun.


Predicate: claim

Roleset id: claim.02 , seize, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: claim staker
        Arg1: property
        Arg2: beneficiary

Example: made up

        Cortez claimed the new territory for Queen Anna

        Arg0: Cortez
        Rel: claim
        Arg1: the new territory
        Arg2: for Queen Anna