Predicate: con
con: Frames file for 'con' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry
10.6, Framenet entry Suasion4. Clearly there's really only one semantics at play here, but many
different argument structures. *grumble grumble grumble*
Roleset id: con.01 , fool, vncls: 10.6, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: con artist (vnrole: 10.6-Agent)
Arg1: victim (vnrole: 10.6-Theme)
Example: the one example
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
``So, [*]-1 don't come and try [*-1] to con us with a howdy y'all or
a cowboy hat.''
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: con
Arg1: us
ArgM-MNR: with a howdy y'all or a cowboy hat
Roleset id: con.02 , cheat, swindle, vncls: 10.6, framnet:
con.02: Argument numbering based on other verbs in 'cheat' class.
Roles:
Arg0: con artist (vnrole: 10.6-Agent)
Arg1: ill-gotten booty (vnrole: 10.6-Theme)
Arg2: victim (vnrole: 10.6-Source)
Example: that's hardly fair
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mary conned John out of all his desserts for the next month.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: conned
Arg2: John
Arg1: out of all his desserts for the next month
Roleset id: con.03 , trick into doing something, vncls: 59, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: con artist (vnrole: 59-Agent)
Arg1: induced agent (vnrole: 59-Patient)
Arg2: induced action (vnrole: 59-Proposition)
Example: induced action
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mary conned John into giving her all his desserts for the next month.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: conned
Arg1: John
Arg2: into giving her all his desserts for the next month