Predicate: describe

describe: Frames file for 'describe' based on survey of sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: describe.01 , assign a label or attribute, vncls: 29.2, framnet: Communicate_categorization

describe.01: Comparison to 'call' attributive sense. Member of VNcls characterize-29.2-1-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: describer (vnrole: 29.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing described (vnrole: 29.2-theme)
        Arg2: secondary attribute, described-as (vnrole: 29.2-predicate)

Example: all args

        The SEC documents describe those chips, which are made of gallium
        arsenide, as *trace* being so fragile and minute they will require
        special robotic handling equipment.

        Arg0: The SEC documents
        Rel: describe
        Arg1: those chips, which are made of gallium arsenide
        Arg2: as *trace* being so fragile and minute they will require special robotic handling equipment

Example: inverted attribute

        only tag arg2 if it is actually in the span or has a trace.
        a ``seething mass,'' as one trader described it.

        Arg2: a ``seething mass,''
        Arg0: one trader
        Rel: described
        Arg1: it

Example: no attribute

        It didn't describe the source of funds or the specific terms of
        StatesWest securities which were part of the offer.

        Arg0: It
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: describe
        Arg1: the source of funds or the specific terms of StatesWest securities which were part of the offer