Predicate: read

Roleset id: read.01 , read, vncls: 14 37.1-1 54.1-1 84-1-1, framnet: Reading , Hear

read.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls learn-14-1, learn-14-2-1, transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1, register-54.1-1, discover-84-1-1.

Roles:

        Arg0: reader (vnrole: 37.1-1-agent, 14-agent, 54.1-1-agent, -)
        Arg1: thing read (book) (vnrole: 37.1-1-topic, 14-source, 54.1-1-theme, 84-1-1-theme)
        Arg2: benefactive or direction (vnrole: 37.1-1-recipient, 54.1-1-attribute)
        Arg3: text, content (vnrole: 14-topic)

Example: prototypical reading

        ``I've read Balzac,'' he answers critics.

        Arg0: I
        Rel: read
        Arg1: Balzac

Example: not quite a book

        A fund manager at a life-insurance company said three factors make
        it difficult *trace* to read market direction.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: read
        Arg1: market direction

Example: with direction

        ``My belief is always, if you've got a settlement, you read it
        into the record.'' says Judge Jenkins, now known in his courthouse
        as ``Shake 'Em Down Jenkins.''

        Argm-adv: if you've got a settlement
        Arg0: you
        Rel: read
        Arg1: it
        Arg2: into the record

Example: with benefactive

        John reads to his children every night.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: reads
        Arg2: to his children
        Argm-tmp: every night

Example: book and text

        "It" is obviously not doing the reading, nor is it being read to. Instead, someone is reading "it" (the message?) and the content is the bit in quotes.
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        ``[Due to health reasons, Lt. Col. Noriega has elected to postpone
        his visit to Washington,]-1'' it read *trace*-1.

        Arg1: it
        Rel: read
        Arg3: *trace*-1