Predicate: mention
mention: Frames file for 'mention' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Verbnet entry say-37.7, comparison with other verbs of saying and
assigning attribute.
Roleset id: mention.01 , say in passing, vncls: 37.7, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: speaker (vnrole: 37.7-agent)
Arg1: utterance, entity being mentioned (vnrole: 37.7-topic)
Arg2: hearer (vnrole: 37.7-recipient)
Arg3: secondary attribute of arg1
Example: as phrase requires passive?
Among companies-1 mentioned *trace*-1 by analysts as possible
counterbidders for Nekoosa are International Paper, Weyerhaeuser,
Canadian Pacific Ltd. and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
Rel: mentioned
Arg1: *trace*
Arg0: by analysts
Arg3: as possible counterbidders for Nekoosa
Example: discourse function: not to mention
For a while, it looked like the deal -- *trace* not to mention the
courtroom itself -- was on the verge of collapse.
Arg0: *trace*
Argm-neg: not
Rel: mention
Arg1: the courtroom itself
Example: same function, different parse
It is Mr. Paul's art venture, however, that has drawn the most
attention from investors and regulators, *trace* not to mention galleries
throughout the world.
Arg0: *trace*
Argm-neg: not
Rel: mention
Arg1: galleries throughout the world
Example: transitive
But the ad also mentions Sears's sales -- a topic that the
retailer has avoided since switching to everyday pricing.
Argm-dis: But
Arg0: the ad
Argm-dis: also
Rel: mentions
Arg1: Sears's sales -- a topic that the retailer has avoided since switching to everyday pricing
Example: with hearer and more traditional utterance
John mentioned to Mary that he was thinking of joining the Navy
Seals--despite the fact that he can't swim.
Arg0: John
Rel: mentioned
Arg2: to Mary
Arg1: that he was thinking of joining the Navy Seals
Argm-adv: despite the fact that he can't swim