Predicate: favor

Frames file for 'favor' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class admire-31.2, other framed members include like.

Roleset id: favor.01 , like, prefer, vncls: 31.2

Roles:

        Arg0: liker
        Arg1: thing preferred, favored
        Arg2: instrument

Example: NP object

        Pro-forma balance sheets clearly show why Cray Research favored the spinoff .

        Arg0 : Cray Research
        Rel : favored
        Arg1 : the spinoff

Example: with instrument

        Mary favored her paramour John with a single chaste kiss.
       

        Arg0 : Mary
        Rel : favored
        Arg1 : her paramour John
        Arg2 : with a single chaste kiss