Predicate: ameliorate

ameliorate: Frames file for 'ameliorate' based on internet usage examples, expansion via verbnet. VN class 45.4.

Roleset id: ameliorate.01 , (cause to) be better, improved, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

ameliorate.01: Frame by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of improvement, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: entity becoming better (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from agent (vnrole: 45.4-instrument)

Example: Macaulay

        In every human being there is a wish *PRO* to ameliorate his own condition.

        Arg0: *PRO* --> every human being
        Rel: ameliorate
        Arg1: his own condition

Example: Wine, with instrument

        Wine ameliorates by age

        Arg1: Wine
        Rel: ameliorates
        Arg2: by age