Frameset

Predicate entrench:

Frames file for 'entrench' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. More frequent than you might expect. No verbnet entry.

Roleset entrench.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "set somebody more firmly in a position":

Roles:

Arg0:thing causing entrenchment

Arg1:entity becoming more firm in its position

Arg2:position

Examples:

always with 'designed'? (-)
Royal's suit contends that the Ammann acquisition was ``designed trace to entrench management and thwart Royal's offer.''
Arg0:	trace -> the Ammann acquisition
REL:	entrench
Arg1:	management

Ignore adjectival usages: "management's entrenched position". Also, I don't know for sure that the position will ever be mentioned, but the framing is there in case we do see it.