Predicate: yearn
yearn: Frames file for 'yearn' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: yearn.01 , strongly desire, vncls: 32.2, framnet: Desiring
yearn.01: Updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of VNcls long-32.2-1, long-32.2-2.
Roles:
Arg0: desirer (vnrole: 32.2-experiencer)
Arg1: object of desire (vnrole: 32.2-theme)
Example: transitive - verbal argument
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
He who [*T*-1] had tried so hard , who [*T*-2] had yearned so passionately [*-3] to be a great officer .
Argm-slc: who -> He
Arg0: [*T*-2] (= He)
Rel: yearned
Argm-mnr: so passionately
Arg1: [*-3] to be a great officer
Example: transitive - noun argument
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Stevie yearned for a dog .
Arg0: Stevie
Rel: yearned
Arg1: for a dog