Predicate: level

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

Roleset id: level.01 , cause to become level, even, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cause, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing becoming level (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from agent (vnrole: 45.4-instrument)

Example: all args

        John levelled the cup of flour with the bottom of his shoe.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: levelled
        Arg1: the cup of flour
        Arg2: with the bottom of his shoe

Example: boom

        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        In May 1988, [an ammonium perchlorate plant in Henderson owned by
        an American Pacific Corp. unit]-1 was leveled [*-1] by a series of
        explosions.

        Argm-tmp: In May 1988
        Rel: leveled
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: by a series of explosions

Roleset id: level.03 , direct emphatically, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: director, agent
        Arg1: us. charges or accusations
        Arg2: target

Example: take that!

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

        [Warner Communications Inc. and Sony Corp.]-1 resumed settlement
        talks on their legal battle over Hollywood producers Peter Guber
        and Jon Peters, but continued [*-1] to level strong accusations
        at each other in legal documents.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: level
        Arg1: strong accusations
        Arg2-rec: at each other
        Argm-loc: in legal documents


Predicate: level_off

level_off: Could be just an intensive of the previous sense, or an unaccusative.

Roleset id: level.02 , level off: become level, even, vncls: , framnet:

level.02: See vn class other_cos-45.4, but verb particle construction isn't present in class

Roles:

        Arg0: cause, agent
        Arg1: thing becoming level
        Arg2: instrument, if separate from agent

Example: unaccusative

        [ECONOMIC GROWTH]-1 APPEARS *trace*-1 to be leveling off, latest reports
        suggest.

        Arg1: *trace*
        Rel: [ leveling] [ off]

Example: agentive

        John levelled off the cup of flour with the bottom of his shoe.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: [levelled] [off]
        Arg1: the cup of flour
        Arg2: with the bottom of his shoe