Rolesets - assert

assert

assert.01 - stand one's ground, speak up for oneself

ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. (from assert.01-v)

Aliases:

assert (v.)
assertive (j.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: asserter
ARG1-REC: self

reflexive

WivesARG0
are
assertingrel
themselvesARG1
more stronglyARGM-MNR
.

assert.02 - manner of utterance, say, claim

ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes conjecture-29.5-2 and reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. Refer to 'say' for examples of other usages. (from assert.02-v)
ASSERTION-N NOTES: Based on verb entries assert.02 and assert.03; corresponds to VN class conjecture-29.5-2. (from assertion.01-n)
No examples of arg3 found. (from assertion.01-n)

Aliases:

assertion (n.)
assert (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: speaker, asserter
ARG1-PPT: utterance, claim
ARG2-GOL: listener
ARG3-PRD: predication, arg1 is claimed to be what?

transitive, normal order

Still another boyARG0
assertedrel
:
to be a good Jew is to do no wrong ; it 's to be a good personARG1
.

Args 0, 1, 2

However , it was
hisARG0
assertionrel
to the pressARG2
that
the job of president was easy -- he merely executed laws that Congress passedARG1
-- that revealed his political viewpoint .

assert.03 - claim

ASSERT-V NOTES: Included in verbnet classes conjecture-29.5-2 and reflexive-appearance-48.1.2. (from assert.03-v)

Aliases:

assert (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: speaker, asserter
ARG1-PPT: utterance, claim
ARG2-GOL: listener
ARG3-PRD: predication, arg1 is claimed to be what?

simple transitive

The PresidentARG0
assertedrel
a power of excisionARG1
.

with secondary predication

The authorARG0
had
assertedrel
several pointsARG1
about Mr. HubbardARG3
.