Predicate: fawn
Roleset id: fawn.01 , seek favor with, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
fawn.01: FAWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'fawn' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 28, which has nothing to do with usage in wsj or anywhere else for that matter. (from fawn.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| fawn (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: seeker (vnrole: 28-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: with whom, fawned-over (vnrole: 28-Patient)
Example: the one example
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
In this era of frantic competition for ad dollars, [a lot of revenue-desperate magazines]-1 are getting pretty cozy with advertisers -- *trace*-1 fawning over them in articles and offering pages of advertorial space.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: fawning
Arg1: over them
ArgM-LOC: in articles