Predicate: appall

Roleset id: appall.01 , strike with disgust, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

appall.01: APPALL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'appall' based on wsj; adjectival 'appalled' based on BOLT-4,5. Member of VNcls amus-31.1. (from appall.01-v) APPALLING-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01. (from appalling.01-j) APPALLED-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from appalled.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
appalling (j.)Desirability Stimulus_focus
appall (v.)Emotion_directed
appalled (j.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Stimulus of appallment (vnrole: 31.1-stimulus)
        Arg1-PPT: appalled entity (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)

Example: infinitival cause

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [I]*-1 was appalled [*-1][*-2] to read the misstatements of facts in your Oct. 13 editorial ``Colombia's Brave Publisher.''

        Rel: appalled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: [*-2] to read the misstatements of facts in your Oct. 13 editorial ``Colombia's Brave Publisher

Example: nominal cause

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        [Readers]*-1 were electrified by the paper's audacity and appalled [*-1]by the dark side of life it uncovered.

        Rel: appalled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by the dark side of life it uncovered

Example: sbar cause

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        They were appalled, for instance, that he wanted to target more of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to low-income projects and zero out the notorious ``discretionary'' funds that have allowed HUD officials to steer contracts to political cronies.

        Arg1: They
        Rel: appalled
        Arg0: that he wanted to target more of the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to low-income projects and zero out the notorious ``discretionary'' funds that have allowed HUD officials to steer contracts to political cronies

Example: both args with MNR

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Joe the Plumber says the Republican presidential nominee "appalled" him with his answers on federal bailouts.

        Arg0: the Republican presidential nominee
        Rel: appalled
        Arg1: him
        Argm-mnr: with his answers on federal bailouts

Example: All args

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        At that time, the price was appalling to me.

        Argm-tmp: At that time
        Arg0: the price
        Rel: appalling
        Arg1: to me