Frameset - franchise-v

Predicate: franchise

franchise: Frames file for 'franchise' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No Verbnet entry, no Framenet entry.

Roleset id: franchise.01 , sell a representative example of a chain, vncls: , framnet:

franchise.01: I have a vague intuition that there's also a 'buy a franchise' sense, but I'll wait until an example shows up.

Roles:

        Arg0: franchiser
        Arg1: example of chain
        Arg2: franchisee

Example: no franchisee

        person: third, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        Rally's operates and franchises about 160 fast-food restaurants
        throughout the U.S.

        Arg0: Rally 's
        Rel: franchises
        Arg1: about 160 fast-food restaurants throughout the U.S.

Example: with franchisee

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        John franchised his highly lucrative dissertation-shredding
        business to hordes of hungry undergraduates.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: franchised
        Arg1: his highly lucrative dissertation-shredding business
        Arg2: to hordes of hungry undergraduates