Frameset

Predicate oppose:

Frames file for 'oppose' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class amalgamate-22.2. No other members in same class. Comparison to 'back' and 'support'.

Roleset oppose.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "oppose, object to":

Roles:

Arg0:opposer

Arg1:thing opposed to

Examples:

nice simple transitive (-)
`MCA strongly opposed the Drabinsky group's move.`
Arg0:	MCA
ArgM-MNR:	strongly
REL:	opposed
Arg1:	the Drabinsky group 's move

as opposed to (-)
Mark Schoeppner, portfolio manager at Pittsburgh-based Quaker Capital Management, says that in reaction to nervousness about debt-laden buy-out transactions, analysts and investors now appear to be ``valuing stock based on future earnings as *trace* opposed to the amount of debt the company can support.''

Arg0: *trace*

REL: opposed

Arg1-to: the amount of debt the company can support

as opposed to (-)
Mark Schoeppner, portfolio manager at Pittsburgh-based Quaker Capital Management, says that in reaction to nervousness about debt-laden buy-out transactions, analysts and investors now appear to be ``valuing stock based on future earnings as trace opposed to the amount of debt the company can support.''
Arg0:	trace
REL:	opposed
Arg1-to:	the amount of debt the company can support

Avoid/ignore adjectival usages: "I am opposed to tagging nouns".