Predicate: interest

interest: Frames file for 'interest' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class 31.1; no mention of other members. Comparison with 'surprise'.

Roleset id: interest.01 , provoke interest, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

interest.01: The verbal and adjectival usages are very close, so go ahead and tag all. There's at least one mistagged nominal usage: "Business interests". Skip that/those.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer of interest (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
        Arg1: interested entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
        Arg2: interested in

Example: all args

        Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters planned to run the nearly dormant MGM
        studio, and [the two]-1 even tried *trace*-1 to interest Warner Bros.' President
        Terry Semel in becoming a partner after he advised them on the
        deal.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: interest
        Arg1: Warner Bros . ' President Terry Semel
        Arg2: in becoming a partner

Example: missing arg2

        Mr. Sim considers the new unit's operations ``fundamentally
        sound'' and adds that Barry Wright has been fairly successful in
        moving into markets that *trace* haven't interested larger competitors.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: that -> markets
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: interested
        Arg1: larger competitors

Example: adjectival, no arg2

        But neither the pilots nor the machinists appear interested.

        Arg1: neither the pilots nor the machinists
        Rel: interested

Example: adjectival, with arg2

        Jaguar assumed its recently customary place on the OTC most active
        list as its American depository receipts gained 1/4 to 11 7/8 on
        volume of 1.2 million shares and Daimler-Benz joined the list of
        companies interested in the British car maker.

        Arg1: companies
        Rel: interested
        Arg2: in the British car maker