<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="embellish">
<note>
  Frames file for 'embellish' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet
  entries 9.8 and 25.3.
</note>

<roleset id="embellish.01" name="decorate" vncls="25.3">
<roles>
  <role descr="decorator, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="9.8" vntheta="Agent"/>
        <vnrole vncls="25.3" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing decorated, embellished" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="9.8" vntheta="Destination"/>
        <vnrole vncls="25.3" vntheta="Destination"/></role>
  <role descr="with what" n="2">
        <vnrole vncls="9.8" vntheta="Theme"/>
        <vnrole vncls="25.3" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="all args">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/><text>
    At times, salesmen may embellish the inside information with ``the
    notion that this is some slightly shady, slightly illegal
    investment the person is being included in,'' says
    Mr. Cunningham. 
</text>
        <arg f="TMP" n="M">At times</arg>
        <arg n="0">salesmen</arg>
        <arg f="MOD" n="M">may</arg>
        <rel>embellish</rel>
        <arg n="1">the inside information</arg>
        <arg f="with" n="2">the notion that this is some slightly
        shady, slightly illegal investment the person is being
        included in</arg> 
</example>

<example name="more often just transitive">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
  <text>
     John has a tendency *trace* to embellish the truth.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt; John</arg>
  <rel>embellish</rel>
  <arg n="1">the truth</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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