Roleset lighten.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(make) get lighter":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing getting lighter


Arg2:EXT


Arg3:start point


Arg4:end point

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


transitive (-)
But the researchers found that while children's household tasks eased the mother's burden appreciably, the husband's helping hand ``appears *trace* to lighten the children's load almost on a one-for-one basis and to reduce the wife's responsibility only modestly.''
Arg0:	*trace* -> the husband 's helping hand
REL:	lighten
Arg1:	the children's load
ArgM-MNR:	almost on a one-for-one basis

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


with start and end point (-)
John lightened his hair from raven-black to bright orange.
Arg0:	John
REL:	lightened
Arg1:	his hair
Arg3-from:	raven-black
Arg4-to:	bright orange

Roleset lighten.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "(make) get lighter, phrasal":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing getting lighter


Arg2:EXT

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: full


ergative (-)
``There were no (sell) lists and the calendar is lightening up a bit.
Arg1:	the calendar
REL:	[ lightening] [ up]
ArgM-MNR:	a bit

Roleset lighten.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "become easier":

Roles:

Arg0:thing helping


Arg1:thing being helped

Examples:

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


cf. ease (-)
Investors who *trace* listened, and lightened up on stocks, ``have just hurt themselves,'' he says.
Arg0:	*trace* -> who -> Investors
REL:	[ lightened] [ up]
Arg1-on:	stocks