Predicate: buck

buck: Frames file for 'buck' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry 49, no other framed members. No Framenet entry. No comparison.

Roleset id: buck.01 , go against some trend, vncls: 49, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: bucker (vnrole: 49-agent)
        Arg1: trend (vnrole: 49-patient)

Example: straight transitive

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

        In late trading Friday, Jaguar shares bucked the downward tide in
        London's stock market and rose five pence to 725 pence ($11.44).

        Argm-loc: In late trading
        Argm-tmp: Friday
        Arg0: Jaguar shares
        Rel: bucked
        Arg1: the downward tide in London's stock market

Example: with manner

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

        But Texas Air, the owner of Continental and Eastern airlines,
        bucked the group's decline by rising 7/8 to 14 5/8 in American
        Stock Exchange trading.

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg0: Texas Air, the owner of Continental and Eastern airlines,
        Rel: bucked
        Arg1: the group 's decline
        Argm-mnr: by rising 7/8 to 14 5/8 in American Stock Exchange trading

Roleset id: buck.02 , strive for with determination, vncls: , framnet: -

buck.02: Added by Julia based on wordnet and Brown corpus. Comparison to 'strive'. No Vncls.

Roles:

        Arg0: striver
        Arg1: thing to be attained

Example: Classic example

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        [Lieutenant Robert M. Carroll]-1 was fresh out of ROTC and *trace*-1 bucking for Regular Army status .

        Arg0: *trace*-1: [Lieutenant Robert M. Carroll]
        Rel: bucking
        Arg1: for Regular Army status.