Predicate: hedge

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

Roleset id: hedge.01 , protect, minimize the loss, vncls: , framnet: -

hedge.01: frames created by Olga. No Vncls, No FN. Checked by Julia, 10/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity seeking to minimize a loss
        Arg1: thing protected
        Arg2: protected from
        Arg3: instrument

Example: transitive

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

        If the weather allowed farmers to work in their fields over the weekend , [many Midwest grain elevators]-1 will probably sell futures contracts today at the Chicago Board of Trade in order [*-1] to hedge their weekend purchases from farmers .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: hedge
        Arg1: their weekend purchases from farmers

Example: with Arg2

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

        A number of commercial grain users buttressed that opinion yesterday by buying certain corn options for delivery in March , indicating to analysts that [the commercial companies]-1 would use the options [*-1] to hedge against expected corn sales in next year 's first quarter .

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: hedge
        Arg2: against expected corn sales
        Argm-tmp: in next year 's first quarter

Example: intransitive

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

        `` That 's the problem with trying *PRO* to hedge too much , '' said Mr. Brouwer .

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Rel: hedge
        Argm-ext: too much

Example: with instrument as subject

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

        Some analysts suggest , however , that the ratio has weakened in value as an indicator because [options and other products]-1 can be used [*-1]-2 [*]-2 to hedge short positions .

        Arg3: [*]-2
        Rel: hedge
        Arg1: short positions