Predicate: exaggerate

Roleset id: exaggerate.01 , make seem bigger, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

exaggerate.01: EXAGGERATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'exaggerate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from exaggerate.01-v predicate notes) EXAGGERATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, exaggerate.01.No VNcls. (from exaggeration.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
exaggeration (n.)
exaggerate (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: liar liar, agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing exaggerated

Example: intransitive

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

        They-1're bound *trace*-1 to exaggerate.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: exaggerate

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        In a letter to Mr. Bennett's office, released yesterday, Washington's city administrator, Carol Thompson, complained that the drug czar had exaggerated the amount of federal drug-related assistance provided to the capital.

        Arg0: the drug czar
        Rel: exaggerated
        Arg1: the amount of federal drug-related assistance provided to the capital

Example: both args

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

        Although Herodotus is considered ?the father of history?, his exaggeration of the magnitude of Persia's army ?discredits him as a historian?

        Arg0: his
        Rel: exaggeration
        Arg1: of the magnitude of Persia's army