Predicate: desire
Roleset id: desire.01 , want, crave, desire, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
desire.01: DESIRE-V NOTES: Member of VNcls want-32.1-1-1. (from desire.01-v) DESIRE-N NOTES: (from desire.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| desire (v.) | Desiring | |
| desire (n.) | | |
| desirous (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: wanter (vnrole: 32.1-Pivot)
Arg1-PPT: wanted (vnrole: 32.1-Theme)
Example: desire-v: not like any ringers I know
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: infinitive
In the torrent of replies that followed, one woman ringer from Solihull observed that ``the average male ringer leaves quite a lot [0]-1 [*trace*-1]-2 to be desired *trace*-2: badly dressed, decorated with acne and a large beer-belly, frequently unwashed and unbearably flatulent in peals.''
Rel: desired
Arg1: *trace*-2 (= *trace*-1 = [0]-1)
Argm-slc: [0] -> quite a lot
Example: desire-v: active
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Seeking to allay European concerns, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said in Washington that the new U.S. plan wouldn't ``put farmers out of business'' but would encourage them to ``grow what-1 the markets desire *trace*-1 instead of what the government wants.''
Arg0: the markets
Rel: desire
Arg1: *trace*-1
Example: desirous-j
The boy is desirous of the girl believing him
Arg0: The boy
Rel: desirous
Arg1: of the girl believing him
Predicate: desirable
Roleset id: desirable.02 , worthy of wanting, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
desirable.02: DESIRABLE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, desire-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls want-32.1-1-1. (from desirable.01-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| desirable (j.) | Desirability | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: wanter (vnrole: 32.1-1-1-pivot)
Arg1-PPT: wanted (vnrole: 32.1-1-1-theme)
Example: desirable-j: arg1
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
I can understand the argument that nuclear proliferation is bad and any of these states having nuclear weapons is not desirable as it just leads to proliferation in the region , but that argument should have been used against Pakistan and Israel getting nukes .
Arg1: any of these states having nuclear weapons
Argm-neg: not
Rel: desirable
Argm-cau: as it just leads to proliferation in the region