Predicate: cry

Roleset id: cry.01 , speak loudly, yell, demand, possibly while weeping, vncls: 37.3, framnet: Communication_noise

cry.01: Based on WSJ. Comparison to 'call.03', 'yell'. Member of VNcls manner_speaking-37.3.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker (vnrole: 37.3-agent)
        Arg1: utterance, demand (vnrole: 37.3-topic)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.3-recipient)

Example: stupid split construction

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

        [The only fraud involved, cry *trace* Mr. Courter's partisans, is
        the Florio commercial itself]-S , and so the Courter campaign has
        responded with its own Pinocchio commercial, produced by
        Mr. Ailes.

        Rel: cry
        Arg1: *trace*
        Argm-dsp: *trace* -> [ The only fraud involved (PRN: cry *trace* Mr. Courter's partisans) is the Florio commercial itself]-S
        Arg0: Mr. Courter's partisans

Example: best corpus example EVER

        admittedly this is on the borderline between .01 and .02. Since .01 includes a demand while weeping, and I'm chosing to interpret this as a somewhat volitional demand on the part of the babies, I went with .01 here. Just babies crying in general would probably rather go in .02, however. Use your good judgment.
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Home in Black Mountain a chile' will smack yo' face ; Babies cry for liquor an' all the birds sing bass .

        Arg0: Babies
        Rel: cry
        Arg1: for liquor

Roleset id: cry.02 , cry, weep, vncls: 40.1.2-1 40.2 31.3-3 43.2, framnet: Communication_noise

cry.02: Member of VNcls breathe-40.1.2-1, nonverbal_expression-40.2, marvel-31.3-3, sound_emission-43.2. Updated by Julia, 12/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: cryer (vnrole: 40.1.2-1-agent, 40.2-agent, 31.3-3-experiencer, 43.2-theme)
        Arg1: cognate object (vnrole: 40.1.2-1-theme, 40.2-theme)

Example: intransitive

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

        ``I've never seen so many people crying in one place at one
        time,'' said Bill Johnson, an assistant city editor.

        Arg0: so many people
        Rel: crying
        Argm-loc: in one place
        Argm-tmp: at one time

Example: cognate object?

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John cried a good long cry, then got back to work.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: cried
        Arg1: a good long cry


Predicate: cry_out

Roleset id: cry.03 , speak loudly, yell, speak while weeping, vncls: 37.3, framnet: -

cry.03: See VNcls manner_speaking-37.3. Same deal as cry.01.

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker (vnrole: 37.3-agent)
        Arg1: utterance, demand (vnrole: 37.3-topic)
        Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.3-recipient)

Example: yikes!

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

        [``Ski school is great,'']-1 cries out *trace*-1 a tot, bundled in a
        snowsuit as he plows down a bunny slope.

        Rel: [ cries] [ out]
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: a tot, bundled in a snowsuit
        Argm-tmp: as he plows down a bunny slope


Predicate: cry_down(e)

Roleset id: cry.04 , decry, express low opinion of, vncls: , framnet:

cry.04: Roleset added by Claire.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, decrier
        Arg1: devalued entity
        Arg2: reason for low opinion

Example: Golf haters

        Hence the Parliament of King James II of Scotland decreed in 1457 that
        "Golfe-1 be utterly cryed *-1 downe," so that the people might again turn
        their attention to the practice of archery for the defense of the realm.

        Arg1: *-1 -> golfe
        Argm-adv: utterly
        Rel: cryed downe