Predicate: learn

learn: Frames file for 'learn' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 14, 84. other framed members include study. Loose comparison with 'study'.

Roleset id: learn.01 , learn, vncls: 14 84, framnet: Memorization , Becoming_aware , Coming_to_believe

learn.01: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls learn-14-1, learn-14-2-1, and discover-84.

Roles:

        Arg0: student (vnrole: 14-agent, 84-agent)
        Arg1: subject (vnrole: 14-topic, 84-theme)
        Arg2: teacher (vnrole: 14-source, 84-source)

Example: learn an NP

        He-1 was shocked, associates say, *trace*-1 to learn of Mr. Icahn's
        new takeover threat.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: learn
        Arg1: of Mr. Icahn's new takeover threat

Example: learn an infinitival S

        Apparently they are learning to say no to excess risk.

        Argm-dis: Apparently
        Arg0: they
        Rel: learning
        Arg1: to say no to excess risk

Example: learn a finite S

        Mr. Birnbaum recalls that [Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters]-1 shifted into
        high gear a few years back upon *trace*-1 learning that they had
        competition for the story of the murdered naturalist Dian Fossey,
        which became ``Gorillas in the Mist.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: learning
        Arg1: that they had competition for the story of the murdered naturalist Dian Fossey, which became ``Gorillas in the Mist

Example: include WH-complementizers!

        Kenneth Mitchell, director of Dow's polyethylene business, says
        producers-1 were surprised *trace*-1 to learn how much inventories had
        swelled throughout the distribution chain as prices spiraled up.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: learn
        Arg1: how much inventories had swelled throughout the distribution chain as prices spiraled up

Example: it-support

        Meanwhile, in another sign that a new bid isn't imminent, it was
        learned that the UAL board held a telephone meeting Monday to hear
        an update on the situation.

        Argm-tmp: Meanwhile
        Argm-dis: in another sign that a new bid isn't imminent
        Rel: learned
        Arg1: that the UAL board held a telephone meeting Monday to hear an update on the situation

Example: with teacher

        John learned his lesson from Mary.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: learned
        Arg1: his lesson
        Arg2: from Mary