Roleset opine.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "express an opinion":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:opinion


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


just transitive (-)
You are absolutely wrong, however, in [*] opining that this position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at as a result of reading the opinion polls.
Arg0:	[*] -> You
REL:	opining
Arg1:	this position is some kind of ``flip-flop,'' something newly arrived at as a result of reading the opinion polls

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


with hearer (-)
``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green ones,'' opined John to Mary.
Arg1:	``You know, ripe kumquats really are much better than green ones,''
REL:	opined
Arg0:	John
Arg2-to:	Mary