Predicate: obscure
Roleset id: obscure.01 , to make dim or indistinct, to conceal, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
obscure.01: OBSCURE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'obscure' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from obscure.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| obscure (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent, causer (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1-PPT: entity obscured (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2-VSP: obscured from
Example: obscure-v: all arguments
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
But the government now claims that [a group of company managers and lawyers]-1 engaged in an elaborate strategy [*ICH*-1] over five years [*]-1 to obscure from federal authoritiesthe extent and details of `` widespread '' fraudulent billing practices .
Arg0: [*]
Rel: obscure
Arg2: from federal authorities
Arg1: the extent and details of `` widespread '' fraudulent billing practices
Example: obscure-v: transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The U.S. Coast Guard closed six miles of the Houston Ship Channel , where about 150 companies have operations [*T*-1], because the thick , black smoke obscured the area .
Arg0: the thick , black smoke
Rel: obscured
Arg1: the area
Roleset id: obscure.02 , be indistinct, concealed, dimmed, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
obscure.02: OBSCURE-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from obscure.01-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| obscure (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: agent, causer
Arg1-PPT: entity obscured
Arg2-VSP: obscured from
Example: obscure-j
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Sometimes his meaning is obscure from excess of condensation, or from incompleteness of expression.
Arg1: his meaning
Rel: obscure
Arg0: from excess of condensation, or from incompleteness of expression