Predicate: embolden

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

Roleset id: embolden.01 , make be bold, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

embolden.01: The set 31.1 usually suggests an instrumental arg2--this sounds really awkward to my ear. Perhaps this verb doesn't belong to this class? Perhaps the class needs to be split?

Roles:

        Arg0: thing causing boldness (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
        Arg1: thing becoming bold (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2: instrument

Example: passivization and rightward extraction--whee!

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

        Another reason: *trace*-1 Emboldened *trace*-1 by their success in
        helping to scuttle the previous transaction, [the machinists]-1 are
        likely to be more aggressive if a second buy-out attempt occurs.

        Rel: Emboldened
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by their success in helping to scuttle the previous transaction