Rolesets - confess

confess

confess.01 - mode of speaking

CONFESS-V NOTES: Frames file for 'confess' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries say-37.7-1, confess-37.10. (from confess.01-v predicate notes)
CONFESSION-N NOTES: Roleset based on verb entry confess.01. Corresponds to VN classes confess-37.10 and say-37.7-1. (from confession.01-n)

Aliases:

confession (n.)
make_confession (l.)
confess (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: speaker
ARG1-PPT: utterance
ARG2-GOL: hearer

standard

''
Mr. SohmerARG0
confessesrel
that it was partly in response to such attitudes that he is now `` a dweller on one of the two islands off the coast of AmericaARG1
. ''

inverted

` ` When I saw the Lexus sales projections , I got worried , ''ARG1
confessesrel
Takashi Oka , who led the Infiniti development teamARG0
.

prepositional utterance

During time off , Mr. Roman tends to his garden ;
Mr. PhillipsARG0
confessesrel
to a fondness for , among other things , fast cars and planesARG1
.

All arguments

Anyone who has seen this film will remember Judy Garland 's countless declarations that she wants to go home again and particularly
herARG0
confessionrel
to GlindaARG2
that " if I ever go looking for my heart 's desire again , I wo n't look any further than my own backyard ; because if it is n't there , I never really lost it to begin with ! "ARG1