Roleset announce.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "say for all to hear":

Roles:

Arg0:announcer


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer


Arg3:attribute of arg1

Examples:

transitive (-)
A Lorillard spokeswoman announced "This is an old story."
Arg0:	A Lorillard spokeswoman
REL:	announced
Arg1:	"This is an old story."


(*Trace* --> "Kent cigarettes were sold")

fronted (-)
Kent cigarettes were sold, the company announced *Trace*
Arg0:	the company
REL:	announced
Arg1:	*Trace*


(*T* --> "What matters is what advertisers will pay")

Inverted (theoretically possible, but odd) (-)
What matters is what advertisers will pay, announced *T* Newsweek's chairman
Arg1:	*T*
REL:	announced
Arg0:	Newsweek's chairman




split (theoretically possible, but odd) (-)
"What you have to understand," announced John, "is that Philly stinks."
Arg0:	John
Arg1:	"What you have to understand, is that Philly literally stinks."




with listener (-)
John announced to Mary: "you're an idiot."
Arg0:	John
REL:	announced
Arg2-2:	to Mary
Arg1:	"you're an idiot."




weird, attributive usage: (theoretically possible, but odd) (-)
"Well that's odd," announced John of the disappearance of his nose.
Arg1:	"Well that's odd,"
REL:	announced
Arg0:	John
Arg3-of:	of the disappearance of his nose.




split utterance (-)
John was announced to be an idiot.
Arg1:	[John][to be an idiot]
REL:	announced