Predicate: wail

Roleset id: wail.01 , to grieve or protest loudly, to cry, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

wail.01: WAIL-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls manner_speaking-37.3, animal_sounds-38, sound_emission-43.2. (from wail.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
wail (v.)Communication_noise Make_noise

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: speaker (vnrole: 37.3-Agent, 38-Agent, 43.2-Agent, 43.2-Theme)
        Arg1-PPT: entity wailed about (vnrole: 37.3-Topic, 38-Theme)

Example: transitive

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

        At the hearing , Rep. Oakar started wailing about `` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland . ''

        Arg0: Rep. Oakar
        Rel: wailing
        Arg1: about `` phoney baloney regulations '' that [*T*-1] would stand between her and `` housing for downtown Cleveland