Predicate: hasten

hasten: Frames file for 'hasten' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: hasten.01 , to speed up, vncls: 45.4 51.3.2 53.2, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer (vnrole: 45.4-Agent, 51.3.2-Agent, 53.2-Agent)
        Arg1: thing hastened (vnrole: 45.4-Patient, 51.3.2-Theme, 53.2-Theme)

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        I-1 personally do not want [*-1] to hasten Mr. Lehman 's demise , but I can see him figuring prominently in his own article .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: hasten
        Arg1: Mr. Lehman 's demise