Predicate
firm:
Frames file for 'firm' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No access to verbnet. No comparison. Not really a verb, imho.
Roleset firm.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(make) become firm":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, entity making something else become firm
Arg1:thing becoming firm
Arg2:EXT, amount risen
Arg3:start point
Arg4:end point
Examples:
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most sensical usage (-) |
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...stock prices firmed only modestly in response to the report and
then faltered.
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| Arg1: | stock prices |
| REL: | firmed |
| ArgM-MNR: | only modestly |
| ArgM-ADV: | in response to the report |
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agentive (-) |
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It showed some early resilience after central bank support firmed
sterling...
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| Arg0: | central bank support |
| REL: | firmed |
| Arg1: | sterling |
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quantifiable (-) |
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Pfizer gained 1 7/8 to 67 5/8, Schering-Plough added 2 1/4 to 75
3/4, Eli Lilly rose 1 3/8 to 62 1/8 and Upjohn firmed 3/4 to 38.
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| Arg1: | Upjohn |
| REL: | firmed |
| Arg2-EXT: | 3\/4 |
| Arg4-to: | 38 |
This totally violates my lexicon, to make this a quantifiable verb.
Icky icky icky.
Predicate
firm_up:
Roleset firm.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "make/become firm":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, entity making something else become firm
Arg1:thing becoming firm
Examples:
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transitive (-) |
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He argues that efforts *trace* to firm up prices will be
undermined by producers' plans to expand production capacity.
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| Arg0: | |
| REL: | [ firm] [ up] |
| Arg1: | prices |
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intransitive (-) |
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John always decides *trace* to firm up after the holidays.
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| Arg0: | *trace* -> John |
| REL: | firm up |
| Argm-TMP: | after the holidays |