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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="decry">
<note>
  Frames file for 'decry' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry
  33, Framenet entry Judgement.
</note>

<roleset id="decry.01" name="publicly express low opinion of" vncls="33">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, decrier" n="0"><vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing with low value" n="1"><vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="reason" n="2"><vnrole vncls="33" vntheta="Cause"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="no reason">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Supportive callers decried unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin, on a
    local radio talk show on which she appeared. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">Supportive callers</arg>
        <rel>decried</rel>
        <arg n="1">unfair testing, not Mrs. Yeargin,</arg>
        <arg f="LOC" n="M">on a local radio talk show on which she
        appeared </arg> 
</example>


<example name="with reason">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="third" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New York, decries
    program trading as ``limiting the game to a few,'' but he also
    isn't sure it should be more strictly regulated. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">Peter Anthony, who runs an employment agency in New
        York,</arg> 
        <rel>decries</rel>
        <arg n="1">program trading</arg>
        <arg f="as" n="2">limiting the game to a few</arg>
</example>


</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
