Frameset

Predicate widen:

Frames file for 'widen' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 45.4 (other causative), many other framed members. Framenet entry Expansion. Comparison with other verbs of quantifiable change.

Roleset widen.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make wider":

Roles:

Arg0:causal agent

Arg1:thing becoming wider

Arg2:EXT

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point

Examples:

past

active

full

ergative, start and end points (-)
`As a result, the group's third-quarter loss widened to $9.8 million from the second quarter's $3.6 million.`
ArgM-CAU:	As a result
Arg1:	the group's third-quarter loss
REL:	widened
Arg4-to:	$9.8 million
Arg3-from:	the second quarter's $3.6 million

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
ergative, with EXT (-)

The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said, and by the U.S. trade deficit, which *trace* widened by 31% in August from the previous month.

Arg1: *trace* -> which -> the U.S. trade deficit

REL: widened

Arg2-by: 31%

ArgM-TMP: in August

Arg3-from: the previous month

ergative, with EXT (-)
`The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said, and by the U.S. trade deficit, which trace widened by 31% in August from the previous month.`
Arg1:	trace -> which -> the U.S. trade deficit
REL:	widened
Arg2-by:	31%
ArgM-TMP:	in August
Arg3-from:	the previous month

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full
with agent (-)

John widened his girth.

Arg0: John

REL: widened

Arg1: his girth

with agent (-)
`John widened his girth.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	widened
Arg1:	his girth