Predicate: oppose

Roleset id: oppose.01 , oppose, object to, being against, being in an opposite position, against an issue, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

oppose.01: OPPOSE-V NOTES: Avoid/ignore adjectival usages: "I am opposed to tagging nouns". (from oppose.01-v) OPPOSITION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, oppose-v.01. Correpsonds to VNcls amalgamate-22.2. (from opposition.01-n) OPPOSED-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, oppose-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls amalgamate-22.2-3. (from opposed.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
opposition (n.)Taking_sides
opposed (j.)
oppose (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PPT: opposer (vnrole: 22.2-3-Patient)
        Arg1-PPT: thing opposed to (vnrole: 22.2-3-co-patient)

Example: nice simple transitive

        MCA strongly opposed the Drabinsky group's move.

        Arg0: MCA
        Argm-mnr: strongly
        Rel: opposed
        Arg1: the Drabinsky group 's move

Example: LOC and arg0

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        No one believes that . Cameron is part of a coalition government , and faces widespread opposition from the likes of you , and hard - liners in his own party .

        Argm-loc: widespread
        Rel: opposition
        Arg0: fromt he likes of you, and hard-liners in his own party

Example: Both args

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        How did liberal and conservative critics differ in their opposition to the new deal?

        Arg0: their
        Rel: opposition
        Arg1: to the new deal

Example: both args, CAU

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The Catholic Church is opposed to contraception for moral reasons .

        Arg0: The Catholic Church
        Rel: opposed
        Arg1: to contraception
        Argm-cau: for moral reasons