Predicate: dull

dull: Frames file for 'dull' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: dull.01 , cause to be not shiny, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of dullness (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: thing getting dull (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: pretty simple

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

        Outside what essentially amounted to a bookkeeping exercise,
        dealers said [London dealings]-1 were largely dulled *trace*-1 by the
        absence of active interest beyond the market-makers.

        ArgM-MNR: largely
        Rel: dulled
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by the absence of active interest beyond the market-makers