Predicate: tone_down
Roleset id: tone_down.01 , diminish intensity, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
tone_down.01: TONE_DOWN-V NOTES: No Verbnet entry. (from tone.01-v)
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tone_down (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: cause of diminishment, agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming less intense
Example: the one example
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle
        Shaken by tumbling stock prices and pessimistic projections ofU.S. economic growth, currency analysts around the world have toneddown their assessments of the dollar's near-term performance.
        Argm-prd: Shaken by tumbling stock prices and pessimistic projections of U.S. economic growth
        Arg0: currency analysts around the world
        Rel: [ toned] [ down]
        Arg1: their assessments of the dollar's near-term performance