Roleset communicate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "communicate":

Roles:

Arg0:first (or all) communicator


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:other communicator(s)

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Mr. Guber says that Mr. Semel did convey that information and that Mr. Semel said Mr. Ross was ``crazy because of the Time deal,'' meaning, Mr. Guber says, that Mr. Ross ``did not want *trace* to communicate to his new merger partner, Time Inc., that Warner's agreements provided for our departure under these circumstances.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> Mr. Ross
REL:	communicate
Arg2:	his new merger partner, Time Inc.,
Arg1:	Warner's agreements provided for our departure under these circumstances

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


unstated communication (-)
We lost our chance *trace* to communicate with sweet-natured visitors ``about four feet tall (who) looked as though they were made of puffed-up marshmallow.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> We
REL:	communicate
Arg2-with:	sweet-natured visitors ``about four feet tall (who) looked as though they were made of puffed-up marshmallow

Sometimes ya gotta wonder. person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


no co-communicator (-)
John is not very good at *trace* communicating his wishes.
Arg0:	*trace* -> John
REL:	communicating
Arg1:	his wishes