Predicate: champion

champion: Frames file for 'champion' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'support'.

Roleset id: champion.01 , lend aid, credence to, vncls: 29.8, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: helper (vnrole: 29.8-Agent)
        Arg1: person or project being supported (vnrole: 29.8-Theme)

Example: the one example

        This argument is perhaps the most interesting one for abolishing
        program trading -- not because of its merits, but because of the
        firms championing the cause.

        Arg0: the firms
        Rel: championing
        Arg1: the cause