Predicate: harden

Roleset id: harden.01 , make hard, vncls: 45.4

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of hardness, agent
        Arg1: thing becoming hard
        Arg2: hardened to what? conditions that arg1 is hardening towards

Example: adjectival

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

        Once the consolidation is complete, Bethlehem plans to concentrate
        its forgings business on nuclear fabrication, hardened steel and
        large-diameter steel rolls for rolling mills and selected
        custom-die applications.

        Rel : hardened
        Arg1 : steel

Example: agentive

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

        After one too many disappointments, John hardened his heart.

        Argm-tmp : After one too many disappointments
        Arg0 : John
        Rel : hardened
        Arg1 : his heart

Example: With arg 2

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

        In the long run, it may be that the Middle Eastern conflagrations are designed *-1 *PRO* to harden the American people to the inevitability of genocide.

        Arg0 : *PRO*
        Rel : harden
        Arg1 : the American people
        Arg2 : to the inevitability of genocide

Frames file for 'harden' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4.