Frameset

Predicate observe:

Frames file for 'observe' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.5 30.2 35.4 37.7, other framed members include: assert, deny; regard, scrutinize, study; announce, claim, declare. Comparison with 'look (at)' and 'say'.

Roleset observe.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "look at":

Roles:

Arg0:observer

Arg1:thing looked at

Examples:

like Jane Goodall (-)
`Mary observed John's behavior in the classroom and shook her head in disbelief.`
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	observed
Arg1:	John's behavior in the classroom

Roleset observe.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "say, state":

Roles:

Arg0:Sayer

Arg1:Utterance

Arg2:Hearer

Arg3:Attributive

Examples:

inverted (-)
Ford is ``in the driving seat at the moment,'' observed trace Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co.
REL:	observed
Arg1:	trace -> Ford is ``in the driving seat at the moment
Arg0:	Bob Barber, an auto analyst at brokers James Capel & Co

All the usual suspects for possible syntactes--refer to (eg) say for --> --details.