Predicate: discuss

discuss: Frames file for 'discuss' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: discuss.01 , talk about, vncls: , framnet: Discussion , Topic , Speak_on_topic

discuss.01: No VNcls. Comparison with other verbs-of-talking.

Roles:

        Arg0: discussant
        Arg1: topic
        Arg2: conversation partner, if explicit

Example: plain ol' transitive

        He-1 declined *trace*-1 to discuss other terms of the issue.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: discuss
        Arg1: other terms of the issue

Example: with arg2

        but: the conversation partner role can also be subsumed within the topic of conversation: "discussed an alliance with GM". Follow Treebank's parsing in these ambiguous cases.
        John discussed the details of his parole with Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: discussed
        Arg1: the details of his parole
        Arg2: with Mary

Example: merged args 0 and 2

        John and Mary discussed the price of beans in China.

        Arg0: John and Mary
        Rel: discussed
        Arg1: the price of beans in China