Predicate: observe

observe: Frames file for 'observe' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.5 30.2 35.4 37.7, other framed members include: assert, deny; regard, scrutinize, study; announce, claim, declare. Comparison with 'look (at)' and 'say'.

Roleset id: observe.01 , look at, mark, vncls: 30.2 35.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: observer (vnrole: 30.2-Experiencer, 35.4-Agent)
        Arg1: thing looked at (vnrole: 30.2-Stimulus, 35.4-Location)

Example: like Jane Goodall

        Mary observed John's behavior in the classroom and shook her head
        in disbelief.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: observed
        Arg1: John's behavior in the classroom

Example: commemorate

        Students at National Chenchi University observed the May Fourth
        Anniversary.

        Arg0: Students at National Chenchi University
        Rel: observed
        Arg1: the May Fourth Anniversary

Roleset id: observe.02 , say, state, vncls: 29.5 37.7, framnet:

observe.02: All the usual suspects for possible syntactes--refer to (eg) say for --> --details.

Roles:

        Arg0: Sayer (vnrole: 29.5-Agent, 37.7-Agent)
        Arg1: Utterance (vnrole: 29.5-Predicate, 37.7-Topic)
        Arg2: Hearer (vnrole: 29.5-Theme, 37.7-Recipient)
        Arg3: Attributive

Example: inverted

        [Ford is ``in the driving seat at the moment,'']-1 observed *trace*-1
        Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co.

        Rel: observed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co