Predicate: construe
Roleset id: construe.01 , to interpret, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
construe.01: CONSTRUE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'construe' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from construe.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
construe (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: interpreter, agent
        Arg1-PPT: entity construed
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        In the Lilly case , the appeals court broadly construed a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*]to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1] .
        ArgM-LOC: In the Lilly case
        Arg0: the appeals court
        ArgM-MNR: broadly
        Rel: construed
        Arg1: a federal statute to grant Medtronic , a medical device manufacturer , an exemption [0] [*]to infringe a patent under certain circumstances [*T*-1]