Predicate: amend
amend: Frames file for 'amend' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry.
Roleset id: amend.01 , add to or correct, vncls: , framnet: -
Roles:
Arg0: amender, corrector
Arg1: thing amended
Arg2: secondary predication on arg1
Example: just transitive
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The company said it amended its shareholder rights plan by
reducing to 10% from 20% the level of ownership by an outsider
that would trigger the issuance to other holders of rights to buy
additional shares of Nashua common at half price.
Arg0: it
Rel: amended
Arg1: its shareholder rights plan
Argm-mnr: by reducing to 10% from 20% the level of ownership by an outsider that would trigger the issuance to other holders of rights to buy additional shares of Nashua common at half price
Example: with secondary predication
I read the following sentence as the plan now calls for such-and-such
increases, not that PS amended its plan in order to call for the
increases. It's subtle.
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
PS of New Hampshire amended its plan to call for two years of 5.5%
rate increases followed by five years of 4.5% increases.
Arg0: PS of New Hampshire
Rel: amended
Arg1: its plan
Arg2: to call for two years of 5.5% rate increases followed by five years of 4.5% increases