purport
purport.01 - claim, pretend
PURPORT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'purport' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, comparison with 'claim'. It's a real pity this verb isn't used more often. (from purport.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
purport (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: claimer
ARG1-PPT: thing claimed
ARG1-PPT: thing claimed
they all look like this
The new letterARG0
purportsrel
to do thisARG1
, saying that in addition to $ 7 a share in cash , StatesWest would offer one share of new 6 % convertible preferred stock of StatesWest it values at $ 3 a shareARGM-ADV
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