Predicate: rank

Frames file for 'rank' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entries 29.2 29.6, other framed members include count, define, describe, employ, intend, portray, redefine, regard, treat. Comparison with define.

Roleset id: rank.01 , assign a position in a list, vncls: 29.2 29.6

Roles:

        Arg0: assigner
        Arg1: thing assigned a position
        Arg2: position

Example: all args

        Nearly 36% ranked housing problems as their most serious unmet
        legal need.

        Arg0 : Nearly 36 %
        Rel : ranked
        Arg1 : housing problems
        Arg2 : as their most serious unmet legal need

Example: ergative

        Nekoosa ranked 11th with sales of $3.59 billion.

        Arg1 : Nekoosa
        Rel : ranked
        Arg2 : 11th
        ArgM-CAU : with sales of $3.59 billion

Example: multiple rankings

        Based on 1988 sales, Georgia-Pacific ranked third at $9.51
        billion, behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International
        Paper Co. at $9.53 billion.

        Arg1 : Georgia-Pacific
        Rel : ranked
        Arg2 : third
        Arg2 : at $9.51 billion
        Arg2 : behind Weyerhaeuser Co. at $10 billion and International Paper Co. at $9.53 billion