Predicate: dwindle

dwindle: Frames file for 'dwindle' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, Framenet entry Scalar Position 2. Comparison with other verbs of quantifiable motion (rise, fall, etc.).

Roleset id: dwindle.01 , become less, vncls: , framnet:

dwindle.01: I'm predicting the numeric arguments, but they might not actually occur.

Roles:

        Arg1: thing becoming less
        Arg2: EXT or MNR
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: just unaccusative intransitive

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

        That's largely because of defensive measures they adopted after
        the 1987 crash, when individual investors fled the market and
        trading activity dwindled *trace*.

        Arg1: trading activity
        Rel: dwindled
        ArgM-TMP: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: when -> the 1987 crash