Predicate: slacken

Roleset id: slacken.01 , to slow down, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

slacken.01: SLACKEN-V NOTES: Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4. (from slacken.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
slacken (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: cause of slowing (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing slackened (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Car sales slackened in September after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1] .

        Arg1: Car sales
        Rel: slackened
        Argm-tmp: in September
        Argm-tmp: after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1]

Example: transitive

        person: third,  tense: ns,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Now , he said , a slowdown in economic activity has slackened demand .

        Argm-tmp: Now
        Arg0: a slowdown in economic activity
        Rel: slackened
        Arg1: demand