Frames file for 'thin' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset thin.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make or become thin or thinner":
Roles:
Arg0:cause, agent
Arg1:entity getting thin
Examples:
intransitive (-)
person: third
tense: present
aspect: progressive
voice: active
form: participle
The prime minister , whose hair [*T*-298] is thinning and gray and whose face [*T*-299] has a perpetual pallor , nonetheless continues [*-1] to display an energy , a precision of thought and a willingness [*] to say publicly what most other Asian leaders dare [*-2] say [*T*-300] only privately .
Arg1:
[*T*-298] -> whose hair
REL:
thinning
Predicate
thin_out:
Roleset thin.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "to make or become sparse or sparser":
For one thing , Pentagon officials , who [*T*-106] asked [*-3] not to be identified [*-4] , worry that the U.S. will have a much tougher time [*-2] persuading Europeans [*-5] to keep some short-range nuclear weapons on their soil once Soviet armored forces are thinned [*-1] out .