Predicate: lighten
lighten: Frames file for 'lighten' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4.
Roleset id: lighten.01 , (make) get lighter, vncls: 45.4, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing getting lighter (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Arg2: EXT
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
But the researchers found that while children's household tasks
eased the mother's burden appreciably, [the husband's helping hand]-1
``appears *trace*-1 to lighten the children's load almost on a
one-for-one basis and to reduce the wife's responsibility only
modestly.''
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: lighten
Arg1: the children's load
ArgM-MNR: almost on a one-for-one basis
Example: with start and end point
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John lightened his hair from raven-black to bright orange.
Arg0: John
Rel: lightened
Arg1: his hair
Arg3: from raven-black
Arg4: to bright orange
Predicate: lighten_up
Roleset id: lighten.02 , (make) get lighter, phrasal, vncls: 45.4, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: causer (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing getting lighter (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Arg2: EXT
Example: ergative
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: full
``There were no (sell) lists and the calendar is lightening up a bit.
Arg1: the calendar
Rel: [ lightening] [ up]
ArgM-MNR: a bit
Roleset id: lighten.03 , become easier, vncls: 45.4, framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: thing helping (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing being helped (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Example: cf. ease
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Investors who *trace* listened, and lightened up on stocks,
``have just hurt themselves,'' he says.
Arg0: *trace*
ArgM-RCL: who -> Investors
Rel: [ lightened] [ up]
Arg1: on stocks