Predicate: favor

favor: Frames file for 'favor' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class admire-31.2, other framed members include like.

Roleset id: favor.01 , like, prefer, vncls: 31.2, framnet:

favor.01: There are sentences with mistagged 'favor' (tagged as VB when it should be N), especially in context "return to favor". Ignore these. This is a somewhat different sense, being more "express preference" than "prefer". But it's close enough for government work.

Roles:

        Arg0: liker (vnrole: 31.2-Experiencer)
        Arg1: thing preferred, favored (vnrole: 31.2-Cause)
        Arg2: instrument

Example: NP object

        Pro-forma balance sheets clearly show why Cray Research favored the spinoff .

        Arg0: Cray Research
        Rel: favored
        Arg1: the spinoff

Example: with instrument

        Mary favored her paramour John with a single chaste kiss.

        Arg0: Mary
        Rel: favored
        Arg1: her paramour John
        Arg2: with a single chaste kiss