Predicate: falter

falter: Frames file for 'falter' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. No comparison.

Roleset id: falter.01 , misstep, vncls: 47.3, framnet:

falter.01: Note that you can easily restate the former example as "because of".

Roles:

        Arg1: thing faltering (vnrole: 47.3-Agent)

Example: purpose

        Western Union has had major losses in recent years as its telex
        business has faltered in the face of competition from facsimile
        machines and as other business ventures have gone awry.

        Arg1: its telex business
        Rel: faltered
        ArgM-CAU: in the face of competition from facsimile machines

Example: location

        Still, with competitors such as Eastman Kodak Co. faltering in
        copier sales, Xerox's sales increases ``were encouraging,'' says
        Eugene Glazer of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.

        Arg1: competitors such as Eastman Kodak Co.
        Rel: faltering
        ArgM-LOC: in copier sales