Predicate: frown

Roleset id: frown.01 , an upside-down smile, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

frown.01: FROWN-V NOTES: could conceivably take a cognate object: 'frown a worried frown' (from frown.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
frown (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: frowner (vnrole: 40.2-Agent)

Example: bare participle

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        She-1 stood *trace*-1 frowning and chewing her lip.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: frowning

Roleset id: frown.02 , disapprove of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

frown.02: FROWN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'frown' based on sentences in brown. Verbnet entry (from frown.02-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
frown (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: disapprover (vnrole: 40.2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: disapproved action (vnrole: 40.2-Theme)

Example: for shame!

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        It is like medical schools in India where, in that fairy-land of religious inhibition, [the dissection of dead bodies]-1 is frowned upon *trace*-1.

        Rel: frowned
        Arg1: upon *trace*

Example: both args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this practice and it was discontinued.

        Argm-TMP: When cattle became more valuable
        Arg0: ranch owners
        Rel: frowned
        Arg1: upon this practice