Predicate: premiere

premiere: Frames file for 'premiere' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: premiere.01 , give/have first performance, vncls: , framnet:

premiere.01: Quoth the American Heritage Dictionary: "premiere as a verb is unacceptable to a large majority of the Usage Panel, despite its wide usage in the world of entertainment."

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent
        Arg1: thing premiering

Example: ergative

        person: ns,  tense: future,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        The operator of cable-television networks said the new Turner
        Pictures unit will produce movies that [*T*-1] will premiere on
        Turner Broadcasting 's Turner Network Television channel, or TNT,
        and then will be released internationally in movie theaters.

        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        ArgM-RCL: that -> movies
        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: premiere
        ArgM-LOC: on Turner Broadcasting's Turner Network Television channel, or TNT,

Example: agentive

        person: ns,  tense: future,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Tonight, to kick off the effort, CNN will premiere its first
        prime-time newscast in years, an hourlong show at 6 p.m. Eastern
        time to air head-to-head against the network newscasts.

        ArgM-TMP: Tonight
        ArgM-PNC: to kick off the effort
        Arg0: CNN
        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: premiere
        Arg1: its first prime-time newscast in years, an hourlong show at 6 p.m. Eastern time to air head-to-head against the network newscasts