Roleset flatten.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make flat or flatter":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of flatness, agent


Arg1:thing flattened

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
The changes come as Reebok , which [*T*-1] grew rapidly in the mid-1980s but has seen its sales flatten of late , is seeking [*-2] to regain momentum in the athletic-shoe business against rivals Nike Inc. and L.A. Gear Inc .
Arg1:	its sales
REL:	flatten

person: ns tense: present aspect: perfect voice: passive form: participle


with PRED (-)
In areas where the freeway made giant concrete sandwiches of itself [*T*-3] lie [*T*-4] cars that police say [0] [*T*-2] have been flattened [*-1] into foot-thick slabs .
REL:	flattened
Arg1:	[*-1] -> [*T*-2] -> that -> cars
ArgM-PRED:	into foot-thick slabs

Roleset flatten.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "flatten completely":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of flatness, agent


Arg1:flat thing

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: gerund


nominal (-)
Under these conditions, even a flattening out of economic growth -- ``catching cold'' -- in the healthy metropolitan areas will create significant opportunities for corporations and professional service firms looking for bargains as the realestate industry catches pneumonia.
REL:	flattening out
Arg1-of:	economic growth