Predicate: concern

Roleset id: concern.01 , worry about, be emotionally involved with, vncls: 31.1, framnet: Cause_emotion

concern.01: Based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Comparison to worry. Member of VNcls amuse-31.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of concern (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
        Arg1: worried entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from arg0

Example: transitive

        Only tag if there's a trace after the verb! If there isn't, .ER.
        The company said it-1 was ``concerned *T*-1 about the announced intent to
        acquire control of the company'' by a Sugarman-led group.

        Rel: concerned
        Arg1: *T*-1
        Arg0: about the announced intent to acquire control of the company '' by a Sugarman-led group

Example: unaccusative

        ``We-1 weren't concerned *T*-1 until they became sell programs,'' says
        Mr. DaPuzzo, who now thinks it adds unnecessary volatility.

        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: concerned
        Arg: *T*-1
        Argm-tmp: until they became sell programs

Example: with REC

        The ultimate goal of any investor is a profit motive, and
        regulators should not concern themselves with whether investors
        are sufficiently focused on the long term.

        Arg0: regulators
        Argm-mod: should
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: concern
        Arg1-rec: themselves
        Arg2: with whether investors are sufficiently focused on the long term

Example: sentential arg0

        ``We-1 were concerned *T*-1 that they weren't going to generate enough
        cash for capital spending and also to pay down debt,'' says a big
        investor in high-yield debt.

        Rel: concerned
        Arg0: *T*-1
        Arg: that they weren't going to generate enough cash for capital spending and also to pay down debt

Example: justification for prepositional arg0s

        John-1 was concerned *T*-1 by the bugs crawling on his picnic lunch, but
        that didn't stop him from eating it.

        Rel: concerned
        Arg1: *T*-1
        Arg0: by the bugs crawling on his picnic lunch

Example: Quasi-idiomatic usage

        Seems like a borderline usage between senses .01 and .02, but can be thought of as "for all I care," which seems more akin to "worry" sense than "dealing with" sense.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        As far as I-1 'm concerned *-1, if a guy wants to wear a skirt and have long hair, as long as it looks good, anything goes.

        Rel: concerned
        Arg1: *-1

Example: active, not reciprocal, all args

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

        John concerned everybody with his appetite for stink bugs.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: concerned
        Arg1: everybody
        Arg2: with his appetite for stink bugs

Roleset id: concern.02 , deal with, have to do with, vncls: 86.2-1, framnet: Topic

concern.02: Member of VNcls relate-86.2-1.

Roles:

        Do not tag Prepositional usages--where verb is the head of a PP (and there's no actual preposition in sight)! These are .ER cases.
        Arg0: entity dealing with something (vnrole: 86.2-1-theme1)
        Arg1: thing dealt with (vnrole: 86.2-1-theme2)

Example: transitive

        The company also said it continues to explore all options
        concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in
        an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.

        Arg0: all options
        Rel: concerning
        Arg1: the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky