Predicate: exacerbate

exacerbate: Frames file for 'exacerbate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. No comparison.

Roleset id: exacerbate.01 , make worse, vncls: , framnet:

exacerbate.01: Trace chains can get funky.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: thing getting worse

Example: typical usage

        Some fund managers say negative publicity has exacerbated
        investors' concern about recent declines in junk-bond prices.

        Arg0: negative publicity
        Rel: exacerbated
        Arg1: investors' concern about recent declines in junk-bond prices