Predicate: know

Roleset id: know.01 , understand, vncls: 29.5-1 29.9-1-1 29.2-1, framnet: Familiarity , Awareness

know.01: Based on big corpus, comparison with 'say' and 'think'. Member of VNcls conjecture-29.5-1, consider-29.9-1-1, characterize-29.2-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: knower (vnrole: 29.5-1-agent, 29.9-1-1-agent, 29.2-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing known or thought (vnrole: 29.5-1-theme, 29.9-1-1-theme, 29.2-1-theme)
        Arg2: attribute of arg1 (known as, or known about) (vnrole: 29.5-1-predicate, 29.9-1-1-predicate, 29.2-1-predicate)

Example: just transitive

        I-1 need *trace*-1 to know the aircraft and flight number.

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: know
        Arg1: the aircraft and flight number

Example: sentential thing known

        The other side knows that Giuliani has always been prochoice.

        Arg0: The other side
        Rel: knows
        Arg1: that Guiliani has always been prochoice

Example: attributive

        He didn't know (anything) about most of the cases until Wednesday.

        Arg0: He
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: know
        Arg1: anything
        Arg2: about most of the cases
        Argm-tmp: until Wednesday

Example: attribute

        [These nations]-1 are known *trace*-1 as "little tigers"

        Rel: known
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: as "little tigers"

Example: infinitival thing known

        I have never known a lady to faint in the belfry.

        Arg0: I
        Argm-neg: never
        Rel: known
        Arg1: a lady
        Arg2: to faint in the belfry.

Example: marginal usage

        Mary knows John for an idiot.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: knows
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: for an idiot