Frameset

Predicate reel:

Frames file for 'reel' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit, it is in verbnet: class 40.8.2. No mention of other members. Comparison to ergative usage of 'shake'.

Roleset reel.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "be astounded":

Roles:

Arg1:entity which is astounded

Arg2:cause of reeling (us. 'from')

Examples:

ordinary ergative (-)
`For, just as Mr. Giuliani latches on to an issue that has Mr. Dinkins reeling, ...`
Arg1:	Mr. Dinkins
REL:	reeling

with cause (-)
Columbia Savings & Loan Association, *trace* reeling from thrift-accounting changes mandated by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market, announced a loss for the third quarter of $226.3 million, or $11.57 a share.

Arg1: *trace* -> Columbia Savings & Loan Association

REL: reeling

Arg2-from: thrift-accounting changes mandated by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market

with cause (-)
`Columbia Savings & Loan Association, trace reeling from thrift-accounting changes mandated by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market, announced a loss for the third quarter of $226.3 million, or $11.57 a share.`
Arg1:	trace -> Columbia Savings & Loan Association
REL:	reeling
Arg2-from:	thrift-accounting changes mandated by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market

Predicate reel_off:

Roleset reel.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "enumerate, announce":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker, enumerator

Arg1:list of things

Examples:

automatically generated (-)
`The U.S. automotive loss was a sharp reversal for a company that trace had reeled off 12 consecutive quarters of improved earnings until the 1989 second quarter.`
Arg0:	trace -> that -> a company
REL:	[ reeled] [ off]
Arg1:	12 consecutive quarters of improved earnings
ArgM-TMP:	until the 1989 second quarter

This is an odd usage of 'reel off', imho.