Predicate: backfire

backfire: Frames file for 'backfire' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: backfire.01 , have a bad result, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing with bad result
        Arg2: 'benefactive'

Example: unaccusative

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

        Some other fare promotions have backfired.

        Arg1: Some other fare promotions
        Rel: backfired

Example: with 'benefactive'

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

        John's plan to make himself irresistable to women backfired on
        him, when he instead became only irresistable to female cats.

        Arg1: John's plan to make himself irresistable to women
        Rel: backfired
        Arg2: on him
        Argm-TMP: when he instead became only irresistable to female cats