Rolesets - obsess

obsess

obsess.01 - monomania, think about a lot

OBSESS-V NOTES: Frames file for 'obsess' based on sentences in wsj; adjectival 'obsessional' based on BOLT-4,5.Member of VNcls amuse-31.1, marvel-31.3. (from obsess.01-v) OBSESSION-N NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, comparison to verb entry obsess.01, which maps to VN class 31.3-8, FN Emotion_active. (from obsession.01-n) OBSESSED-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-1, obsess.01. Corresponds to VNcls amuse-31.1, marvel-31.3-8. (from obsessed.01-j) OBSESSIONAL-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from obsessional.01-j)

Aliases:

obsess (v.)
obsession (n.)
obsessed (j.)
obsessional (j.)

Roles:

ARG0-PPT: obsessed entity
ARG1-PAG: obsession

ARG0 and ARG1

In the past , too much emphasis on schoolwork and good grades encouraged the development of
a societyARGM-LOC
in whichR-ARGM-LOC
manyARG0
are
crudelyARGM-ADV
obsessedrel
with personal gainARG1
.

obsessional-j

IARG0
am
veryARGM-EXT
obsessionalrel
to the point where I get up 20 times a night to check the locks in my house are all locked a particular wayARGM-EXT
.

obsession-n: All args except 0

Surely it has to be for more than some
infantileARGM-ADJ
kneejerkARGM-MNR
obsessionrel
with the Brave - heart movieARG1
and a unjustified grievance with highly slanted views on history ?

obsessed-j: both args

It seems that
the higher classARG0
are
obsessedrel
with imitating and adopting western cultureARG1
, in a sense it boosts their superiority complex .

obsessed-j

But it is
Mr. Lane , as movie director , producer and writerARG0
,
whoR-ARG0
has been
obsessedrel
with refitting Chaplin 's Little Tramp in a contemporary wayARG1
.