Roleset think.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "think":

Roles:

Arg0:Thinker


Arg1:Thought


Arg2:Attributive

Examples:

transitive (-)
A Lorillard spokeswoman thought "This is an old story."
Arg0:	A Lorillard spokeswoman
REL:	thought
Arg1:	"This is an old story"




intransitive, with subject of thinking (-)
People weren't thinking about targeting 10 years ago.
Arg0:	People
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	thinking
Arg2-about:	targeting
ArgM-TMP:	10 years ago




transitive, with subject of thinking (-)
People weren't thinking anything about targeting 10 years ago.
Arg0:	People
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	thinking
Arg1:	anything
Arg2-about:	targeting
ArgM-TMP:	10 years ago




fronted (-)
Kent cigarettes were sold, the company thought *Trace*
Arg0:	the company
REL:	thought
Arg1:	*trace=Kent cigarettes were sold*




inverted (-)
What matters is what advertisers will pay, thought *Trace* Newsweek's chairman
REL:	thought
Arg1:	*trace=What matters is what advertisers will pay*
Arg0:	Newsweek's chairman




split (-)
"What you have to understand," thought John, "is that Philly literally stinks."
Arg1:	["What you have to understand,"] ["is that Philly literally stinks"]
REL:	thought
Arg0:	John




attributive (-)
They think of us as a good partner.
Arg0:	They
REL:	think
Arg1-of:	of us
Arg2-as:	as a good partner




split utterance (-)
John is thought to be an idiot.
Arg1:	[John][to be an idiot]
REL:	is thought

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full
Be very careful in distinguishing this usage from other "of" usages.

have a new idea (-)
``I can't think of any reason to join Lloyd's now,'' says Keith Whitten, a British businessman and a Lloyd's member since 1979.
Arg0:	I
ArgM-MOD:	ca
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	think
Arg1-of:	any reason [0] [*] to join Lloyd 's now [*T*-2]