Frameset

Predicate step:

Frames file for 'step' based on sentences of financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'move'

Roleset step.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "move incrementally":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of movement

Arg1:thing moving

Arg2:destination, end state

Arg3:source, start place or state

Examples:

destination and direction (-)
Maybe she could step across the plaza to the Met -- where she has still to make her debut -- and help out her Czech compatriot by singing the slow parts of ``Traviata.''
ArgM-DIS:	Maybe
Arg1:	she
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	step
ArgM-DIR:	across the plaza
Arg2-to:	the Met -- where she has still to make her debut --

direction only (-)
A Ford takeover of Jaguar would ``have such implications for the balance of power in the 1990s that General Motors can't afford *trace* to step aside.

Arg1: *trace* -> General Motors

REL: step

ArgM-DIR: aside

direction only (-)
A Ford takeover of Jaguar would ``have such implications for the balance of power in the 1990s that General Motors can't afford trace to step aside.
Arg1:	trace -> General Motors
REL:	step
ArgM-DIR:	aside

awkward parse (-)
Institutions, meanwhile, stepped back to the sidelines as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear.

Arg1: Institutions

ArgM-TMP: meanwhile

REL: stepped

ArgM-DIR: back

ArgM-to: the sidelines

ArgM-TMP: as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear

awkward parse (-)
`Institutions, meanwhile, stepped back to the sidelines as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear.`
Arg1:	Institutions
ArgM-TMP:	meanwhile
REL:	stepped
ArgM-DIR:	back
ArgM-to:	the sidelines
ArgM-TMP:	as the direction of U.S. interest rates remained unclear

Treebank parses "back to the sidelines" as a single constituent; you'll have to chop it up.

Predicate step_in:

Roleset step.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "enter":

Roles:

Arg1:entity entering

Examples:

entry of the gladiators (-)
`International Paper or Weyerhaeuser could step in . ''`
Arg1:	International Paper or Weyerhaeuser
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	[ step] [ in]

Predicate step_up:

Roleset step.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "increase incrementally":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of increase

Arg1:thing increasing

Examples:

I don't expect to see additional args for "step up", but if they do occur for this sense, refer to the frames for "increase".

automatically generated (-)
`The offer, which follows a $55-a-share bid that was rejected in September, steps up pressure on the chemicals concern.`
Arg0:	The offer , which follows a $ 55-a-share bid that was rejected in September ,
REL:	[ steps] [ up]
Arg1:	pressure on the chemicals concern

Predicate step_down:

Roleset step.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "resign":

Roles:

Arg0:resigner

Arg1:position resigned

Examples:

resign (-)
`He succeeds James A. Taylor, who trace stepped down as chairman, president and chief executive in March for health reasons.`
Arg0:	trace -> who -> James A. Taylor
REL:	[ stepped] [ down]
Arg1-as:	chairman , president and chief executive
ArgM-TMP:	in March
ArgM-CAU:	for health reasons