<def-root>A <fen>Speaker</fen> states or makes known a future <fen>Eventuality</fen> on the basis of some <fen>Evidence</fen>. Instead of (or in addition to) a <fen>Speaker</fen>, a <fen>Medium</fen> may also be mentioned. Likewise, a more general <fen>Topic</fen> may be stated instead of an <fen>Eventuality</fen>.
<ex> <fex name="Speaker">The Weather Centre</fex> <t>predicted</t> <fex name="Eventuality">that it would be warmer but wet for the weekend</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="Speaker">Another seer who</fex> <t>forecast</t> <fex name="Eventuality">a Tory majority</fex> -- without compromising his impartiality -- was Sir Robin Day .</ex>
<ex><fex name="Evidence">Based on current calculations</fex>, <fex name="Eventuality">the European market</fex> is <t>forecast</t> <fex name="Eventuality">to grow 18.1% by the end of next fiscal year</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="med">The website</fex> claimed to <t>prophesy</t> <fex name="top">what the world would be like in the near-future</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Speaker</fen> makes a prediction.
<ex><fex name="Speaker">The institute</fex> <t>forecast</t> an increase in leisure spending of 15 per cent.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE marks expressions that indicate an event or state that is predicted to occur or hold at a future time. A single <fen>Eventuality</fen> may be expressed discontinuously in a raising construction. This FE is also used for expressions that denote entities with variable attributes about which the <fen>Speaker</fen> makes predictions.
<ex> <t>Predicting</t> <fex name="Eventuality">the weather</fex> is risky business.</ex>
<ex><t>Predicting</t> <fex name="Eventuality">the numbers of disabled elderly</fex> into the future is problematic as it depends upon the projection forward of current patterns of disability .</ex>
<ex> Wang<t>forecasts</t> <fex name="Eventuality">a 9 per cent increase in state revenue</fex></ex>
<ex> <fex name="Eventuality">The European market</fex> is <t>forecast</t> <fex name="Eventuality">to grow 18.1%</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Evidence</fen> marks expressions that denote a set of facts on the basis of which the <fen>Speaker</fen> makes the prediction.
<ex>Violence was <t>predicted</t> <fex name="Evidence">on the basis of disorder at demonstrations in Paris</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Time</fen> when the prediction is made.
<ex>John <t>predicted</t> <fex name="Time">last year</fex> that he would be finished by October.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Place</fen> where the <fen>Speaker</fen> makes the prediction.
<ex> Greenman <t>predicted</t> <fex name="Place">at a small dinner party</fex> that the market would rise again.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Manner</fen> marks any description of the <fen>Speaker</fen>'s prediction making that is not covered by more specific FEs.
<ex>Smeagol <fex name="Mnr">confidently</fex> <t>predicted</t> that he would win the race.</ex>
<ex>One commentator <fex name="Manner">rashly</fex> <t>predicted</t> that the fad for adaptions wouldn't last much longer</ex>
Note that this FE does not cover modifiers such as 'correctly' or 'accurately'.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE marks expressions that indicate for what future time an <fen>Eventuality</fen> is predicted.
<ex> Cocoa stocks reached a record 1.2m tonnes and a seventh year of surplus is <t>forecast</t> <fex name="Time_of_eventuality">for the year to September 1991</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE indicates the <fen>Accuracy</fen> of the prediction.
<ex>Compary president Randall Johnson <t>predicted</t> <fex name="Accuracy">correctly</fex> that a major reworking of infrastructure would be necessary.</ex>
<ex>It is hard to <t>forecast</t> <fex name="Accuracy">with a high degree of certainty</fex> what the weather will be like past two or three days.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Descriptor</fen> describes a characteristic of the <fen>Eventuality</fen>. </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Medium</fen> is the physical entity or channel used by the <fen>Speaker</fen> to transmit the prediction.
<ex>The events that would occur over the next several years had been <t>predicted</t> <fex name="med">in the Bible</fex>.</ex>
<ex><fex name="med">Her texts</fex> <t>predict</t> the future.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Topic</fen> is the subject matter to which the prediction pertains. It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by <m>about</m>.</def-root>
<def-root>An act whereby the <fen>Speaker</fen> makes a prediction.
<ex>My regular psychic <t>fortells</t> my future <fex name="mea">by examining the configuration of spent coffee grounds</fex>.</ex></def-root>
Statement
Expectation
COD: state that (a specified event) will happen in the future
COD: foretell the future
COD: predict or estimate (a future event or trend).
FN: to predict an event
FN: to predict as if by magic.
COD: foretell; prophesy.
COD: predict the result of (an election or a vote).
FN: predict the future
COD: a prediction.
FN: the act of predicting a future event.