Predicate: uphold

Roleset id: uphold.01 , lend aid, credence to, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

uphold.01: UPHOLD-V NOTES: Frames file for 'uphold' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and comparison with 'support'. No verbnet entry. (from uphold.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
uphold (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: helper
        Arg1-PPT: person or project being supported

Example: transitive

        But state courts upheld a challenge by consumer groups to the commission's rate increase and found the rates illegal.

        Argm-DIS: But
        Arg0: state courts
        Rel: upheld
        Arg1: a challenge by consumer groups to the commission's rate increase