Predicate: frown

frown: Frames file for 'frown' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entry

Roleset id: frown.01 , an upside-down smile, vncls: 40.2, framnet:

frown.01: could conceivably take a cognate object: 'frown a worried frown'

Roles:

        Arg0: frowner (vnrole: 40.2-Agent)

Example: bare participle

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She-1 stood *trace*-1 frowning and chewing her lip.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: frowning

Roleset id: frown.02 , disapprove of, vncls: 40.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: disapprover (vnrole: 40.2-Agent)
        Arg1: disapproved action (vnrole: 40.2-Theme)

Example: for shame!

        Would they prefer the dissection of living bodies?
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        It is like medical schools in India where, in that fairy-land of
        religious inhibition, [the dissection of dead bodies]-1 is frowned
        upon *trace*-1.

        Rel: frowned
        Arg1: upon *trace*

Example: both args

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

        When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this
        practice and it was discontinued.

        Argm-TMP: When cattle became more valuable
        Arg0: ranch owners
        Rel: frowned
        Arg1: upon this practice