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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="brag">
<note>
  Frames file for 'brag' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus.
</note>

<roleset id="brag.01" name="to talk boastfully" vncls="37.8">
<roles>
  <role descr="boastful talker, agent" n="0"><vnrole vncls="37.8" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="topic bragged about" n="1"><vnrole vncls="37.8" vntheta="Topic"/></role>
</roles>


<example name="prepositional Arg1">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
 The staff brags about psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity , without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol .
</text>
	<arg n="0">The staff</arg>
	<rel>brags</rel>
	<arg f="about" n="1">psyllium 's hefty contribution to American regularity</arg>
	<arg f="ADV" n="M">without [*-1] quite grasping the implications of the research on cholesterol</arg>
</example>


<example name="non-prepositional Arg1">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
 That has taken some of the swagger out of natives who [*T*-1] like [*-3] to brag that Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation , but it has increased their legendary resentment of outsiders .
</text>
	<arg n="0">[*-3] -&gt;  [*T*-1] -&gt;  who -&gt;  natives</arg>
	<rel>brag</rel>
	<arg n="1">Texas is the only state that [*T*-2] was once a nation</arg>
</example>




</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
