Frameset - overstate-v

Predicate: overstate

overstate: Frames file for 'overstate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry. No comparison.

Roleset id: overstate.01 , exaggerate, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: speaker
        Arg1: utterance
        Arg2: hearer

Example: just transitive

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive

        In that suit, the SEC accused [Mr. Antar]-1 of *trace*-1 engaging in a
        ``massive financial fraud'' *trace*-1 to overstate the earnings of
        Crazy Eddie, Edison, N.J., over a three-year period.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: overstate
        Arg1: the earnings of Crazy Eddie , Edison , N.J. ,
        ArgM-TMP: over a three-year period

Example: with hearer

        person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        John consistently overstates to Mary the progress he's made on his
        dissertation.

        Arg0: John
        Argm-MNR: consistently
        Rel: overstates
        Arg2: to Mary
        Arg1: the progress he's made on his dissertation.