Predicate: dictate

dictate: Frames file for 'dictate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: dictate.01 , to impose or command, vncls: 37.1.1-1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: dictator, agent (vnrole: 37.1.1-1-agent)
        Arg1: message, command dictated (vnrole: 37.1.1-1-topic)
        Arg2: listener, dictated-to (vnrole: 37.1.1-1-recipient)

Example: transitive

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

        The laws of heredity dictate that half of the plants springing from these greenhouse-produced seeds will be male sterile and herbicide resistant and half will be male fertile and herbicide susceptible .

        Arg0: The laws of heredity
        Rel: dictate
        Arg1: that half of the plants springing from these greenhouse-produced seeds will be male sterile and herbicide resistant and half will be male fertile and herbicide susceptible

Example: With arg2

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        What's going on today in Martyr Square dictates a new national political game to Speaker Berri, as well as the Lebanese parties involved.

        Arg0: What's going on today in Martyr Square
        Rel: dictates
        Arg1: a new national political game
        Arg2: to Speaker Berri, as well as the Lebanese parties involved.