Predicate: differ

differ: Frames file for 'differ' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: differ.01 , disagree, argue, vncls: 36.4-1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: first arguer (vnrole: 36.4-1-actor1)
        Arg1: second arguer (vnrole: 36.4-1-actor2)
        Arg2: topic (vnrole: 36.4-1-topic)

Example: with prize

        John differed with Mary over who deserved the last piece of cake.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: differed
        Arg1: with Mary
        Arg2: over who deserved the last piece of cake

Example: more usual usage

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

        John-1 begs *trace*-1 to differ.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: differ

Roleset id: differ.02 , be different, vncls: 23.4, framnet:

differ.02: Note that I am not saying if John's or Mary's is higher.

Roles:

        Arg1: things that are different (vnrole: 23.4-theme1, 23.4-theme2)
        Arg2: EXT or MNR, how different

Example: separated arg1s

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

        Digital, Maynard, Mass., insisted yesterday that its marketing
        focus would differ sharply from IBM's.

        Arg1: its marketing focus
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: differ
        Arg2: sharply
        Arg1: from IBM 's

Example: merged differers, EXT

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

        John and Mary's IQs differ by almost 50 points.

        Arg1: John and Mary's IQs
        Rel: differ
        Arg2: by almost 50 points