Predicate: backfire

Frames file for 'backfire' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: backfire.01 , have a bad result, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg1: thing with bad result
        Arg2: 'benefactive'

Example: unaccusative

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Some other fare promotions have backfired.

        Arg1 : Some other fare promotions
        Rel : backfired

Example: with 'benefactive'

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John's plan to make himself irresistable to women backfired on
        him, when he instead became only irresistable to female cats.
       

        Arg1 : John's plan to make himself irresistable to women
        Rel : backfired
        Arg2 : on him
        Argm-TMP : when he instead became only irresistable to female cats