Predicate: decelerate

decelerate: Frames file for 'decelerate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4.

Roleset id: decelerate.01 , (cause to) slow down, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

decelerate.01: Unaccusative will be more common, methinks.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer of slowing (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: entity slowing down (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: unaccusative

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

        He argued that both CPI and PPI have in fact decelerated since spring.

        Arg1: both CPI and PPI
        ArgM-DIS: in fact
        Rel: decelerated
        ArgM-TMP: since spring

Example: agentive

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

        John decelerated the car.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: decelerated
        Arg1: the car