Roleset brag.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to talk boastfully":

Roles:

Arg0:boastful talker, agent


Arg1:topic bragged about

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


prepositional Arg1 (-)
The staff brags about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity , without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol .
Arg0:	The staff
REL:	brags
Arg1-about:	psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity
ArgM-ADV:	without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol

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


non-prepositional Arg1 (-)
That has taken some of the swagger out of natives who [*T*-1] like [*-3] to brag that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation , but it has increased their legendary resentment of outsiders .
Arg0:	[*-3] -> [*T*-1] -> who -> natives
REL:	brag
Arg1:	Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation