Predicate: balance

Roleset id: balance.01 , establish a balance, vncls: 47.6 45.4

Roles:

        Arg0: balancer, agent
        Arg1: thing balanced
        Arg2: in comparison to

Example: simple transitive

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

        And even those who say some selective selling may be in order
        stress that [individuals]-3 need to be in the stock market *trace* to
        achieve their long-term investment objectives and to help *trace*-3
        balance their other assets.

        Arg0 : *trace*-3
        Rel : balance
        Arg1 : their other assets

Example: ergative

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

        To make the books balance, as is required by law, somebody
        invented a new budget line item that simply subtracted $45
        billion.

        Arg1 : the books
        Rel : balance
        Argm-adv : as is required by law

Example: ergative with comparator

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

        [Stock-market investments]-1 also help *trace*-1 balance the other
        assets an individual owns, says John Blankenship Jr., president of
        the Institute of Certified Financial Planners.

        Arg1 : *trace*-1
        Rel : balance
        Arg2 : the other assets an individual owns

Example: passive with comparator

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        2 . In seeking approval of a TRO, the prosecutor must articulate
        [any anticipated impact that forfeiture and the TRO would have on
        innocent third parties]-2, balanced *trace*-2 against the government's
        need to preserve the assets.

        Rel : balanced
        Arg1 : *trace*-2
        Arg2 : against the government's need to preserve the assets

Example: agent and thing balanced merged

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

        John balanced on the peak of the roof.

        Arg0 : John
        Rel : balanced
        Argm-loc : on the peak of the roof

Frames file for 'balance' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 47.6, 45.4.

Predicate: balance_out


Roleset id: balance.02 , balance completely over time, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: balancer, agent doing balancing
        Arg1: focus, first thing balanced
        Arg2: arg1 balances out with what? Point of comparison when separate mention

Example: Arg's 0 & 1 only

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

        Fortunately, [people's luck]-1 always tends *-1 to balance out.

        Arg1 : *-1
        Rel : [balance][out]