Predicate: mention

Roleset id: mention.01 , say in passing, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

mention.01: MENTION-V NOTES: Frames file for 'mention' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry say-37.7, comparison with other verbs of saying and assigning attribute. (from mention.01-v predicate notes) MENTION-N NOTES: Based on sentences in nouns-00040. Comparison to mention.01-v. VN class say-37.7-1. FN class statement. Framed by Katie. (from mention.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
mention (v.)
mention (n.)statement

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker (vnrole: 37.7-1-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: utterance, entity being mentioned (vnrole: 37.7-1-topic)
        Arg2-GOL: hearer (vnrole: 37.7-1-recipient)
        Arg3-PRD: secondary attribute of arg1

Example: as phrase requires passive?

        Among companies-1 mentioned *trace*-1 by analysts as possible counterbidders for Nekoosa are International Paper, Weyerhaeuser, Canadian Pacific Ltd. and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

        Rel: mentioned
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by analysts
        Arg3: as possible counterbidders for Nekoosa

Example: discourse function: not to mention

        For a while, it looked like the deal -- *trace* not to mention the courtroom itself -- was on the verge of collapse.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: mention
        Arg1: the courtroom itself

Example: same function, different parse

        It is Mr. Paul's art venture, however, that has drawn the most attention from investors and regulators, *trace* not to mention galleries throughout the world.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-neg: not
        Rel: mention
        Arg1: galleries throughout the world

Example: transitive

        But the ad also mentions Sears's sales -- a topic that the retailer has avoided since switching to everyday pricing.

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg0: the ad
        Argm-dis: also
        Rel: mentions
        Arg1: Sears's sales -- a topic that the retailer has avoided since switching to everyday pricing

Example: ARG0 and ARG2 and ARG1

        One day , Martine mentioned to us that Chien - chien was a little cross-eyed .

        Argm-tmp: One day
        Arg0: Martine
        Rel: mentioned
        Arg2: to us
        Arg1: Chien - chien was a little cross-eyed

Example: Arg 1

        Host Ted Koppel introduced him as `` the media master of the Reagan Administration , '' with nary a mention of Mr. Deaver 'sconviction in 1987 on perjury charges .

        Argm-neg: nary
        Rel: mention
        Arg1: of Mr. Deaver 's conviction in 1987 on perjury charges

Example: args 0 and 1

        His mention of the election was made in passing.

        Arg0: His
        Rel: mention
        Arg1: of the election