Predicate: defer

defer: Frames file for 'defer' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: defer.01 , put off until a later time, vncls: , framnet: Change_event_time

defer.01: Comparison to 'delay'.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer of delay
        Arg1: event delayed
        Arg2: delay itself, EXT, or new time

Example: just transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: infinitive

        The company is highlighting more special deals in its advertising
        and stores, and it-1's offering *trace*-1 to defer finance charges on
        certain big-ticket items.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: defer
        Arg1: finance charges on certain big-ticket items

Example: passive with new time

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Although the company could see fourth-quarter revenue shrink by
        nearly $5 billion if it isn't able to deliver any more planes
        this year, [those dollars]-1 actually would just be deferred *trace*-1
        until 1990.

        Argm-adv: Although the company could see fourth-quarter revenue shrink by nearly $5 billion if it isn't able to deliver any more planes this year
        Argm-adv: actually
        Argm-adv: just
        Rel: deferred
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: until 1990

Roleset id: defer.02 , acknowledge as superior, vncls: 95, framnet:

defer.02: Member of VNcls acquiesce-95.

Roles:

        Arg0: inferior thing (vnrole: 95-actor1)
        Arg1: superior thing (vnrole: 95-actor2)

Example: deference

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

        But dominant in the sense that every other objective , no matter how worthy intrinsically , must defer to it .

        Arg0: every other objective
        Argm-adv: no matter how worthy intrinsically
        Argm-mod: must
        Rel: defer
        Arg1: to it