Frameset

Predicate sag:

Frames file for 'sag' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'collapse' and other verbs-of-quantifiable-downward-movement.

Roleset sag.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "sag, droop":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of sagging

Arg1:thing sagging

Arg2:EXT

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point

Examples:

stock report (-)
`Aerospace earnings sagged 37% for the quarter and 15% for the year, largely due to lower B-1B program profit; the last of the bombers rolled out in April 1988.`
Arg1:	Aerospace earnings
REL:	sagged
Arg2-EXT:	37% for the quarter and 15% for the year
ArgM-CAU:	largely due to lower B-1B program profit

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns
with arg0 (-)

The children looked at each other and sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably than ever .

Arg0: The children

REL: sagged

Arg1: their bottoms

ArgM-DIR: down

ArgM-MNR: even more comfortably than ever

with arg0 (-)
`The children looked at each other and sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably than ever .`
Arg0:	The children
REL:	sagged
Arg1:	their bottoms
ArgM-DIR:	down
ArgM-MNR:	even more comfortably than ever

By now you should know how these stupid stock-reportage verbs work. Most examples in the corpus seem to be adjectival--ignore them.