Predicate: espouse
espouse: Frames file for 'espouse' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset id: espouse.01 , adopt/have a belief, vncls: , framnet:
espouse.01: Dictionary also suggests 'espouse' to mean 'take in marriage'
(e-spouse), which I've never heard. It also suggests 'give in
marriage', making this another one of the rare words in English which
is its own antonym.
Roles:
Arg0: haver of belief
Arg1: belief
Example: I'm a Material Girl
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The survey found that nearly half of Hong Kong consumers espouse
what it identified as materialistic values, compared with about
one-third in Japan and the U.S.
Arg0: nearly half of Hong Kong consumers
Rel: espouse
Arg1: what it identified as materialistic values