testify
testify.01 - give testimony, provide evidence, provide evidence in form of testifying
TESTIFY-V NOTES: VN, FN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls lecture-37.11-1. (from testify.01-v)TESTIMONY-N NOTES: Roleset baed on instances in BOLT P01. Comparison to verb entry testify.01, which maps to VN class 37.11-1, FN Documents. (from testimony.01-n)
Aliases:
testify (v.)
testimony (n.)
testimony (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: witness, agent
ARG1-PPT: testimony, evidence for
ARG2-GOL: person testified for/against
ARG1-PPT: testimony, evidence for
ARG2-GOL: person testified for/against
testify-v: with Arg2
The school - board hearing at which she was dismissed was crowded with
students , teachers and parentsR-ARG0
whoARG0
came to testifyrel
on her behalfARG2
.testify-v: with Arg1
One secretaryARG0
testifiedrel
that the judge once called her to his office while wearing nothing at allARG1
.testify-v: with Arg2-against
The first one permits
a witnessARG0
to refuse to testifyrel
against her spouseARG2
.testify-v: with Arg1-to
The vehemence of the emotions aroused by the caseARG0
testifiesrel
to its symbolic importance in the war that Thurber accepted as an eternal part of the human conditionARG1
.testify-v: with Arg1-about
`` There are
some witnessesR-ARG0
whoARG0
will be forced to testifyrel
about their meetings with senatorsARG1
. ''testimony-n: Args 0 and 2
... who was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for
herARG0
testimonyrel
against the sistersARG2
.testimony-n: Args 0 and 1
Likewise
herARG0
testimonyrel
that she " cried the whole 16 hours , " following the episodeARG1
, because she felt that her job was threatened .