Roleset decry.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "publicly express low opinion of":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, decrier


Arg1:thing with low value


Arg2:reason

Examples:

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


no reason (-)
Supportive callers decried unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin, on a local radio talk show on which she appeared.
Arg0:	Supportive callers
REL:	decried
Arg1:	unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin,
ArgM-LOC:	on a local radio talk show on which she appeared

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


with reason (-)
Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York, decries program trading as ``limiting the game to a few,'' but he also isn't sure it should be more strictly regulated.
Arg0:	Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York,
REL:	decries
Arg1:	program trading
Arg2-as:	limiting the game to a few