Predicate: entrench

entrench: Frames file for 'entrench' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. More frequent than you might expect. No verbnet entry.

Roleset id: entrench.01 , set somebody more firmly in a position, vncls: , framnet:

entrench.01: Ignore adjectival usages: "management's entrenched position". Also, I don't know for sure that the position will ever be mentioned, but the framing is there in case we do see it.

Roles:

        Arg0: thing causing entrenchment
        Arg1: entity becoming more firm in its position
        Arg2: position

Example: always with 'designed'?

        Royal's suit contends that [the Ammann acquisition]-1 was ``designed
        *trace*-1 to entrench management and thwart Royal's offer.''

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: entrench
        Arg1: management