Predicate: discount

discount: Frames file for 'discount' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry. No comparison.

Roleset id: discount.01 , reduce in price, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: discounter
        Arg1: commodity
        Arg2: EXT, amount of reduction
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: just transitive

        Anheuser-Busch Cos. said it-1 plans *trace*-1 to aggressively
        discount its major beer brands...

        Arg0: *trace*
        ArgM-MNR: aggressively
        Rel: discount
        Arg1: its major beer brands

Example: almost all args

        John discounted the price of his eternal soul from eternal life
        and unimaginable wealth to one decent night's sleep.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: discounted
        Arg1: the price of his eternal soul
        Arg3: from eternal life and unimaginable wealth
        Arg4: to one decent night's sleep

Roleset id: discount.02 , identify as unimportant, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: identifier
        Arg1: unimportant thing
        Arg2: secondary attribute

Example: all args

        [John's dissertation]-1 was discounted *trace*-1 by everyone who read it
        as worthless drivel.

        Rel: discounted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by everyone who read it
        Arg2: as worthless drivel