Frames file for 'wail' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset wail.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to grieve or protest loudly, to cry":
Roles:
Arg0:speaker
Arg1:entity wailed about
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: participle
At the hearing , Rep. Oakar started wailing about `` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland . ''
Arg0:
Rep. Oakar
REL:
wailing
Arg1-about:
`` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland