Predicate: espouse
Roleset id: espouse.01 , adopt/have a belief, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
espouse.01: ESPOUSE-V NOTES: Dictionary also suggests 'espouse' to mean 'take in marriage'(e-spouse), which I've never heard. It also suggests 'give inmarriage', making this another one of the rare words in English whichis its own antonym. (from espouse.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| espouse (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: haver of belief
Arg1-PPT: belief
Example: I'm a Material Girl
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The survey found that nearly half of Hong Kong consumers espouse what it identified as materialistic values, compared with about one-third in Japan and the U.S.
Arg0: nearly half of Hong Kong consumers
Rel: espouse
Arg1: what it identified as materialistic values