<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="listen">
<note>
  Frames file for 'listen' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entries  30.3 35.5, no other framed members.  (?)
  Comparison to 'hear'.
</note>

<roleset id="listen.01" name="attend to a sound" vncls="30.3 35.5">
<roles>
  <role descr="listener" n="0">
		
		
  <vnrole vncls="30.3" vntheta="Experiencer"/><vnrole vncls="35.5" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="sound or speaker" n="1">
		
		
  <vnrole vncls="30.3" vntheta="Stimulus"/><vnrole vncls="35.5" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<text>
    ``We watch the same indicators and listen to the same
    prognosticators.'' 
</text>
        <arg n="0">We</arg>
        <rel>listen</rel>
        <arg f="to" n="1">the same prognosticators</arg>
</example>

<example name="intransitive">
<text>
    Willliam Greaney said that the influence of the appeals court in
    New York ``will make insurers sit up and listen.'' 
</text>
        <arg n="0">insurers</arg>
        <rel>listen</rel>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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