Frameset - sound-v

Predicate: sound

Roleset id: sound.01 , seem, appear, vncls: 30.4, framnet: Appearance

sound.01: Based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Comparison to 'seem'. Member of VNcls stimulus_subject-30.4.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing seeming (vnrole: 30.4-stimulus)
        Arg2: attribute of arg1
        Arg3: viewer (vnrole: 30.4-experiencer)

Example: just arg1

        How does a nice new tax, say 5%, on any financial transaction
        sound?

        Arg1: a nice new tax, say 5%, on any financial transaction
        Rel: sound

Example: with arg2

        ``Credibility sounds intangible.

        Arg1: Credibility
        Rel: sounds
        Arg2: intangible

Example: all args

        John sounds to me like a real idiot.

        Arg1: John
        Rel: sounds
        Arg3: to me
        Arg2: like a real idiot

Roleset id: sound.02 , make a sound, vncls: 47.4 43.2, framnet: Make_noise

sound.02: Member of Vncls sound_existence-47.4, sound_emission-43.2.

Roles:

Arg0: entity making the sound (vnrole: 43.2-agent)
Arg1: the sound (vnrole: 47.4-theme, 43.2-theme)

Example: alarm

        John sounded the alarm: "The British are coming, the British are
        coming!"

        Arg0: John
        Rel: sounded
        Arg1: the alarm: "The British are coming, the British are coming!"

Predicate: sound_off

Roleset id: sound.03 , offer an opinion or complaint about something, vncls: , framnet: -

sound.03: predicate added by Arrick. No VNcls.

Roles:

Arg0: speaker
Arg1: topic

Example: complain

        In our new 'Talk Back to the Media' segment, someone who believes he
        or she 's been treated unfairly by the press gets the chance *PRO* to
        sound off and give their side of the controversy.

        Arg0: *PRO* -> someone
        Rel: [sound] [off]