Predicate: decry
Roleset id: decry.01 , publicly express low opinion of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
decry.01: DECRY-V NOTES: Frames file for 'decry' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 33, Framenet entry Judgement. (from decry.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
decry (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: agent, decrier (vnrole: 33-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing with low value (vnrole: 33-Theme)
        Arg2-PRD: reason (vnrole: 33-Attribute)
Example: no reason
        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        Supportive callers decried unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin, on a local radio talk show on which she appeared.
        Arg0: Supportive callers
        Rel: decried
        Arg1: unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin,
        Argm-loc: on a local radio talk show on which she appeared
Example: with reason
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York, decries program trading as ``limiting the game to a few,'' but he also isn't sure it should be more strictly regulated.
        Arg0: Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York,
        Rel: decries
        Arg1: program trading
        Arg2: as limiting the game to a few