Frames file for 'fizzle' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset fizzle.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to fail or end weakly":
Roles:
Arg1:entity failed
Examples:
intransitive (-)
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Crude prices spurted upward in brisk trading on the assumption that heavy earthquake damage occurred to San Francisco area refinery complexes , but the rise quickly fizzled when it [*EXP*-1] became apparent that oil operations were n't severely curtailed [*-2] [*T*-3] .
Arg1:
the rise
ArgM-MNR:
quickly
REL:
fizzled
ArgM-TMP:
when it [*EXP*-1] became apparent that oil operations were n't severely curtailed [*-2] [*T*-3]