Predicate: position

position: Frames file for 'position' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison to 'set' and 'call'.

Roleset id: position.01 , put in a particular location, or describe, vncls: 9.1, framnet:

position.01: The latter example actually effectively has S[ NP[ Britain's Labor Party] VP[ regain control...]]. Damn those ECM verbs already!

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, putter (vnrole: 9.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing positioned, often REC (vnrole: 9.1-Theme)
        Arg2: location or position, or attribute of arg1 (vnrole: 9.1-Destination)

Example: verbal

        One investment banker said [Mr. Steinberg]-1 may be trying *trace*-1 to
        position himself as a friendly investor who could help UAL
        Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management bid.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: position
        Arg1-REC: himself
        Arg2: as a friendly investor who could help UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management bid

Example: adjectival, sorta

        He attributed the unusually high volume to broad-based selling on
        fears that the Thatcher government may be in turmoil and [Britain's
        Labor Party]-1 positioned *trace*-1 to regain control of the government
        and renew efforts at nationalization.

        Rel: positioned
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: to regain control of the government and renew efforts at nationalization