Predicate: lack

Frames file for 'lack' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Possession. Comparison with own.

Roleset id: lack.01 , be short of, not possess, vncls:

Roles:

        Arg0: (non)possessor
        Arg1: thing lacked

Example: transitive, agentive

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

        While competitors moved production offshore in response to the
        sagging competitiveness of Japanese factories, Sansui lacked the
        money to build new plants in Southeast Asia.

        ArgM-ADV : While competitors moved production offshore in response to the sagging competitiveness of Japanese factories
        Arg0 : Sansui
        Rel : lacked
        Arg1 : the money to build new plants in Southeast Asia

Example: ergative, almost adjectival

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Evidence on John's criminal insanity is lacking.
       

        Arg1 : Evidence on John's criminal insanity
        Rel : lacking