Predicate: imitate

imitate: Frames file for 'imitate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: imitate.01 , to use or follow as a model, vncls: 25.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: imitator (vnrole: 25.4-agent)
        Arg1: entity imitated (vnrole: 25.4-theme)

Example: passive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        The appeals court held : `` When a distinctive voice of a professional singer is widely known [*-3] and is deliberately imitated in order [*] to sell a product [*T*-2] , the sellers have appropriated what [*T*-1] is not theirs . ''

        Arg1: a distinctive voice of a professional singer
        Argm-mnr: deliberately
        Rel: imitated
        Argm-pnc: in order [*] to sell a product
        Argm-tmp: [*T*-2]
        Argm-rcl: When

Example: transitive

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

        Peter Laird , a Los Angeles lawyer for Ms. Midler , said , `` We believe that the verdict reaffirms her position [*RNR*-1] and our position [*RNR*-1] that advertisers and advertising agencies can not with impunity imitate the voices of well-known performers .

        Arg0: advertisers and advertising agencies
        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-neg: not
        Argm-mnr: with impunity
        Rel: imitate
        Arg1: the voices of well-known performers