Frames file for 'backpedal' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset backpedal.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to retreat or withdraw":
Roles:
Arg0:entity retreating, agent
Arg1:thing backpedaled on
Examples:
gerund (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: gerund
The chief economist of Merrill Lynch & Co. finds himself in such a position as he buzzes the Midwest on his first road trip since [*] backpedaling on a major prediction .