Predicate: direct

Roleset id: direct.01 , provide direction, vncls: 26.7-1, framnet: Behind_the_scenes

direct.01: Based on financial subcorpus. Member of VNcls performance-26.7-1. Comparison with 'lead'.

Roles:

        Arg0: director (vnrole: 26.7-1-agent)
        Arg1: thing directed (vnrole: 26.7-1-theme)
        Arg2: direction, towards what

Example: no explicit direction

        Mr. Stronach will direct an effort to reduce overhead and curb
        capital spending ``until a more satisfactory level of profit is
        achieved and maintained,'' Magna said.

        Arg0: Mr. Stronach
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: direct
        Arg1: an effort to reduce overhead and curb capital spending
        Argm-tmp: until a more satisfactory level of profit is achieved and maintained

Example: with explicit direction

        ...[investor interest]-1 was directed *trace*-1 toward oil and mining
        shares...

        Rel: directed
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: toward oil and mining shares

Example: another type of direction

        ``But, at least, back then they didn't generally direct their
        anger at each other.''

        Argm-tmp: back then
        Arg0: they
        Argm-neg: n't
        Argm-adv: generally
        Rel: direct
        Arg1: their anger
        Arg2-rec: at each other