Predicate: lament

Roleset id: lament.01 , to regret, express grief, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

lament.01: LAMENT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'lament' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'regret'. (from lament.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
lament (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: regretter (vnrole: 31.2-Experiencer)
        Arg1-PAG: thing regretted (vnrole: 31.2-Stimulus)

Example: Arg1 as a NP

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

        Richard Arrington , Birmingham 's black mayor , lamented the consequences .

        Arg0: Richard Arrington , Birmingham 's black mayor ,
        Rel: lamented
        Arg1: the consequences

Example: Arg1 as a proposition

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

        [Collectors do n't say `` It 's a van Gogh '' anymore ,]-1 laments [*T*-1]Harry Brooks , the president of Wildenstein & Co. , a New York gallery .

        Rel: laments
        Arg1: [*T*-1]
        Arg0: Harry Brooks , the president of Wildenstein& Co. , a New York gallery