Predicate: delay

delay: Frames file for 'delay' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. No comparison.

Roleset id: delay.01 , cause to occur later in time than planned, vncls: 53.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer of delay (vnrole: 53.1-Agent)
        Arg1: event delayed (vnrole: 53.1-Theme)
        Arg2: delay itself, EXT, time period

Example: just transitive

        The company said it was delaying construction because of current
        market conditions.

        Arg0: it
        Rel: delaying
        Arg1: construction
        ArgM-CAU: because of current market conditions

Example: passivized

        Subcontractors said they were told that [equipment orders]-1 would be
        delayed *trace*-1.

        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: delayed
        Arg1: *trace*

Example: with EXT

        After [the opening]-1 was delayed *trace*-1 30 minutes because of the
        crush of sell orders, Frankfurt's normal two-hour trading session
        was extended 75 minutes to handle the heavy volume.

        Rel: delayed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: 30 minutes
        ArgM-CAU: because of the crush of sell orders