Predicate: disappoint

disappoint: Frames file for 'disappoint' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'surprise'.

Roleset id: disappoint.01 , disappoint, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

disappoint.01: As with 'surprise', the line between verbal passives and adjectivals is almost nonexistent. Note, for example, that the Ford example above can be easily paraphrased as "That Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company disappointed the market." (For this reason, the complementizer MUST be included in the arg.)

Roles:

        Arg0: disappointer (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
        Arg1: disappointed (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument

Example: verbal, active

        Known as Easy Eggs, the product has disappointed investors.

        ArgM-ADV: Known as Easy Eggs
        Arg0: the product
        Rel: disappointed
        Arg1: investors

Example: verbal, passive

        First Union, with assets of about $32 billion, said it-1 was
        disappointed *trace*-1 by the delay but said it would cooperate with
        regulatory authorities.

        Rel: disappointed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the delay

Example: adjectival, NP arg0

        Mr. Nichol said he was ``extremely disappointed in the continuing
        deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to
        conclude the reorganization during the past four months.''

        Arg1: he
        ArgM-MNR: extremely
        Rel: disappointed
        Arg0: in the continuing deterioration of the company's operations while it attempted to conclude the reorganization during the past four months

Example: adjectival, SBAR arg0

        It shed about 7 pence, however, after dealers said the market was
        disappointed that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of
        the company.

        Arg1: the market
        Rel: disappointed
        Arg0: that Ford didn't move to tender a bid for control of the company

Example: adjectival, really pushing the arg0

        Sir John Egan told reporters at London's Motorfair yesterday he
        ``would be disappointed if we couldn't do the deal within a
        month.''

        Arg1: he
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: disappointed
        Arg0: if we couldn't do the deal within a month

Example: both arg0 and arg2

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

        John disppointed Mary with his juvenile behavior at the fancy party.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: disappointed
        Arg1: Mary
        Arg2: with his juvenile behavior at the fancy party