Predicate: matter

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

Roleset id: matter.01 , be of importance, vncls: 31.4 91, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: thing that matters (vnrole: 91-Experiencer)
        Arg2: matters to whom (vnrole: 31.4-Cause, 91-Cause)

Example: beautiful example

        ``Size doesn't matter,'' Mr. Peladeau says.

        Arg1: Size
        ArgM-NEG: n't
        Rel: matter

Example: it support

        Spreads will become so tight that it won't matter which market an
        investor chooses -- arbitrage will prevent him from gaining any
        temporary profit.

        ArgM-MOD: wo
        ArgM-NEG: n't
        Rel: matter
        Arg1: which market an investor chooses

Example: odd tracing

        ``What *trace* really matters is the operating income of the
        divisions.

        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-RCL: What -> the operating income of the divisions
        ArgM-ADV: really
        Rel: matters

Example: with Arg2

        GATT membership will not matter to Donbas coal miners short of soap

        Arg1: GATT membership
        ArgM-MOD: will
        ArgM-NEG: not
        Rel: matter
        Arg2: to Donbas coal miners short of soap