Frameset - rebut-v

Predicate: rebut

rebut: Frames file for 'rebut' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry, which isn't surprising because this is a made-up verb, backformed from "rebuttal". No comparison.

Roleset id: rebut.01 , make a rebuttal, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: entity making a rebuttal
Arg1: in response to

Example: transitive

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

        [Japanese government officials]-1, *trace*-1 eager *trace*-1 to rebut
        foreign criticism of Japanese investments overseas, hailed the
        transaction as proof foreigners can make similar investments in
        Japan.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: rebut
        Arg1: foreign criticism of Japanese investments overseas

Roleset id: rebut.02 , say as a rebuttal, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: speaker
Arg1: spoken words

Example: polytheistic prurience

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

        `` [The gods seemed [*-1] to think sex pretty important]-2 '' , she rebutted [*T*-2] .

        Arg0: she
        Rel: rebutted
        Arg1: [*T*-2]