Predicate: imitate

Roleset id: imitate.01 , to use or follow as a model, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

imitate.01: IMITATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'imitate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from imitate.01-v predicate notes) IMITATION-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to imitate.01. Vn class transcribe-25.4. Framed by Katie. (from imitation.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
imitate (v.)
imitation (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: imitator (vnrole: 101-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity imitated (vnrole: 101-theme)

Example: passive

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

        The appeals court held : `` When a distinctive voice of a professional singer is widely known [*-3] and is deliberately imitated in order [*]to sell a product [*T*-2] , the sellers have appropriated what [*T*-1] is not theirs . ''

        Arg1: a distinctive voice of a professional singer
        Argm-mnr: deliberately
        Rel: imitated
        Argm-pnc: in order [*] to sell a product
        Argm-tmp: [*T*-2]
        Argm-rcl: When

Example: transitive

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

        Peter Laird , a Los Angeles lawyer for Ms. Midler , said , `` We believe that the verdict reaffirms her position [*RNR*-1] and our position [*RNR*-1]that advertisers and advertising agencies can not with impunity imitate the voices of well-known performers .

        Arg0: advertisers and advertising agencies
        Argm-mod: can
        Argm-neg: not
        Argm-mnr: with impunity
        Rel: imitate
        Arg1: the voices of well-known performers

Example: Arg 1 only

        a pale imitation of the Federal Republic

        Argm-adj: pale
        Rel: imitation
        Arg1: of the Federal Republic