Rolesets - say

say

say.01 - say

SAY-V NOTES: VN, FN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls say-37.7, indicate-78. (from say.01-v)

Aliases:

say (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: Sayer
ARG1-PPT: Utterance
ARG2-GOL: Hearer
ARG3-ADV: Attributive

Transitive

A Lorillard spokeswomanARG0
saidrel
" This is an old story . "ARG1

Fronted

Kent cigarettes were soldARG1
,
the companyARG0
saidrel

Inverted

What matters is what advertisers will payARG1
,
saidrel
Newsweek 's chairmanARG0

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG2

On December 9ARGM-TMP
,
the British firm TescoARG0
saidrel
helloARG1
to consumers in TaiwanARG2
when it formally opened its clean , bright and spacious storeARGM-TMP
.

ARG0 and ARG1 and ARG3

Although Lee 's trip would seem to have been a shot in the arm for the deadlocked cross - strait relationship , it also generated a lot of speculation and ill will because
neither Lee nor anyone who met with himARG0
was willing to
sayrel
a wordARG1
about the content of their discussionsARG3
, and ROC officials who went to call on Lee at his hotel skulked around in underground walkways and service elevators to avoid journalists .

ARG1 and ARG3

But the truth is that
objectsARG1
saidrel
to attract moneyARG3
sell just as well in good times as bad , for when the economy is strong , people are willing to spend large sums to ensure that they can hold onto their wealth .

say.02 - discourse function

SAY-V NOTES: predicate added by Arrick (from say.02-v)

Aliases:

say (v.)

Roles:

say-v: TAKES NO ARGS

Do you think this war is going to end up ... much less popular
sayrel
a year from now ... ?