Frameset - backpedal-v

Predicate: backpedal

Frames file for 'backpedal' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: backpedal.01 , to retreat or withdraw, vncls: -

Roles:

Arg0: entity retreating, agent
Arg1: thing backpedaled on

Example: gerund

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: gerund

        The chief economist of Merrill Lynch & Co. finds himself in such a
        position as [he]-1 buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip since *trace*-1 backpedaling on a major prediction .

        Arg0 : *trace*-1
        Rel : backpedaling
        Arg1 : on a major prediction