Predicate: blame
blame: Frames file for 'blame' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No access to verbnet. No comparison.
Roleset id: blame.01 , assign culpability, vncls: 33, framnet:
blame.01: The last example seems to leave aside the 'reason' argument, leading
me to believe that should be arg2. But it's pretty much a tossup
either way.
Roles:
        Arg0: blamer (vnrole: 33-Agent)
        Arg1: entity blamed (vnrole: 33-Theme)
        Arg2: blamed for what? (vnrole: 33-Predicate)
Example: active, arg1 as DO
        The company blamed a number of factors for the earnings decline,
        including softer sales of joint-implants.
        Arg0: The company
        Rel: blamed
        Arg1: a number of factors
        Arg2: for the earnings decline
        ArgM: including softer sales of joint-implants
Example: passivized arg1
        Uncertainty about the prospects for further action to curtail
        stock-index arbitrage, [a form]-1 of program trading blamed *trace*-1
        for recent volatility in the market, also contributed to its lack
        of direction, Mr. Puccio said.
        Rel: blamed
        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Arg2: for recent volatility in the market
Example: active, arg2 as DO
        And some carriers are facing other unexpected headaches: USAir,
        for example, blamed some of its loss on merger expenses and on
        disruptions caused by Hurricane Hugo last month.
        Arg0: USAir
        ArgM-DIS: for example
        Rel: blamed
        Arg2: some of its loss
        Arg1: on disruptions caused by Hurricane Hugo last
month
Example: passivized arg2
        [Much of the instability in stock prices]-2 lately has been blamed
        *trace*-2 on arbitrage trading, designed to profit from differences
        in prices between stocks and index futures.
        ArgM-TMP: lately
        Rel: blamed
        Arg2: *trace*-2-
        Arg1: on arbitrage trading, designed to profit from
differences in prices between stocks and index futures
Example: deciding case?
        Fina blamed lower chemical prices, reduced gasoline margins and
        refinery maintenance shutdowns.
        Arg0: Fina
        Rel: blamed
        Arg1: lower chemical prices , reduced gasoline margins and refinery maintenance shutdowns