Frameset

Predicate predict:

Frames file for 'predict' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Loose comparison with verbs of saying.

Roleset predict.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "tell the future":

Roles:

Arg0:fortune teller

Arg1:prediction

Examples:

prediction as utterance (-)
`He predicted that the board would give the current duo until early next year before naming a new chief executive.`
Arg0:	He
REL:	predicted
Arg1:	the board would give the current duo until early next year before naming a new chief executive

prediction as noun phrase (-)
Analysts were predicting 1990 BellSouth earnings in the range of $3.90 a share, or $1.9 billion, but now those estimates are being scaled back.

Arg0: Analysts

REL: predicting

Arg1: 1990 BellSouth earnings in the range of $3.90 a share, or $1.9 billion

prediction as noun phrase (-)
`Analysts were predicting 1990 BellSouth earnings in the range of $3.90 a share, or $1.9 billion, but now those estimates are being scaled back.`
Arg0:	Analysts
REL:	predicting
Arg1:	1990 BellSouth earnings in the range of $3.90 a share, or $1.9 billion

prediction-as-utterance can show the fronted construction, so be warned.