tell-37.2

Members

Roles

Frames

Basic Transitive
ex: "Ellen told a story"
sym: Agent V Topic
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, ?Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

NP-PP to-PP
ex: "Ellen told a story to Helen"
sym: Agent V Topic to Recipient
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

Dative
ex: "Ellen told Helen a story"
sym: Agent V Recipient Topic
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

Transitive ellided Topic
ex: "Ellen told Helen"
sym: Agent V Recipient
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, ?Topic) cause(Agent, E)

NP-PP Topic-PP
ex: "Ellen told Helen about the situation"
sym: Agent V Recipient about Topic
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

NP-S Recipient Object
ex: "Ellen told Helen that the party would be tonight"
sym: Agent V Recipient Topic[+that_comp]
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

NP-HOW-TO-INF Recipient Object
ex: "Ellen told Helen how to avoid the crowd"
sym: Agent V Recipient Topic[+wh_inf]
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)

NP-TO-INF-OC Recipient Object
ex: "Ellen told Helen to come"
sym: Agent V Recipient Topic[+oc_to_inf]
sem: transfer_info(during(E), Agent, Recipient, Topic) cause(Agent, E)