Frameset

Predicate contract:

Frames file for 'contract' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 45.4 (other causative), zillions of other framed members. No Framenet entry. Comparison with verbs of quantifiable rising and falling.

Roleset contract.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "get smaller":

Roles:

Arg1:thing getting smaller

Arg2:EXT

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point

Examples:

all args (-)
`John's portion of the birthday cake contracted dramatically, from more than half to mere crumbs.`
Arg1:	John's portion of the birthday cake
REL:	contracted
Arg2-MNR:	dramatically
Arg3-from:	more than half
Arg4-to:	mere crumbs

Roleset contract.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "enter into a contract":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of contract

Arg1:reason, purpose

Arg2:contracted with

Examples:

past

active

full

sentential reason (-)
`But dry growing conditions in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota are pushing spot prices of potatoes beyond what Michael contracted to pay last spring.`
Arg0:	Michael
REL:	contracted
Arg1:	to pay last spring

with arg2 (-)
John contracted with Mary for conjugal visitation rights.

Arg0: John

REL: contracted

Arg2-with: Mary

Arg1-for: conjugal visitation rights

with arg2 (-)
`John contracted with Mary for conjugal visitation rights.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	contracted
Arg2-with:	Mary
Arg1-for:	conjugal visitation rights

Roleset contract.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "get, acquire (as of disease)":

Roles:

Arg1:sick person, patient

Arg2:disease

Arg3:source of disease

Examples:

past

active

full

no source (-)
``There's no question that some of those workers and managers contracted asbestos-related diseases,'' said Darrell Phillips.
Arg1:	some of those workers and managers
REL:	contracted
Arg2:	asbestos-related diseases

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
poor John (-)

John contracted a nasty case of fleas from the neighborhood dogs.

Arg1: John

REL: contracted

Arg2: a nasty case of fleas

Arg3-from: the neighborhood dogs

poor John (-)
`John contracted a nasty case of fleas from the neighborhood dogs.`
Arg1:	John
REL:	contracted
Arg2:	a nasty case of fleas
Arg3-from:	the neighborhood dogs

Cf. 'recover'

Predicate contract_out:

Roleset contract.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "variation on sense two above":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of contract

Arg1:reason, purpose

Examples:

gerund

NP reason (-)
`By moving the design of new products in-house -- instead of trace contracting out the work -- the company also has been able to come up with designs that can be manufactured more efficiently, he said.`
REL:	[ contracting] [ out]
Arg1:	the work
Arg0:	the company -> trace