Roleset cry.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "speak loudly, yell, speak while weeping":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


stupid split construction (-)
The only fraud involved, cry *trace* Mr. Courter's partisans, is the Florio commercial itself, and so the Courter campaign has responded with its own Pinocchio commercial, produced by Mr. Ailes.
REL:	cry
Arg1:	[ The only fraud involved] [ ] [ is the Florio commercial itself]
Arg0:	Mr. Courter's partisans

Roleset cry.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "cry, weep":

Roles:

Arg0:cryer


Arg1:cognate object

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


intransitive (-)
``I've never seen so many people crying in one place at one time,'' said Bill Johnson, an assistant city editor.
Arg0:	so many people
REL:	crying
ArgM-LOC:	in one place
ArgM-TMP:	at one time

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


cognate object? (-)
John cried a good long cry, then got back to work.
Arg0:	John
REL:	cried
Arg1:	a good long cry

Sounds a little weird to me, but possible.

Roleset cry.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "speak loudly, yell, speak while weeping":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


yikes! (-)
``Ski school is great,'' cries out *trace* a tot, bundled in a snowsuit as he plows down a bunny slope.
REL:	[ cries] [ out]
Arg1:	*trace* -> Ski school is great
Arg0:	a tot, bundled in a snowsuit
ArgM-TMP:	as he plows down a bunny slope