Predicate: prefer

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

Roleset id: prefer.01 , to choose as more desirable, vncls: 31.2 32.1-1-1, framnet:

prefer.01: Corresponds to VN classes want-32.1-1-1 and admire-31.2

Roles:

        Arg0: chooser, agent (vnrole: 31.2-experiencer, 32.1-1-1-experiencer)
        Arg1: entity chosen (vnrole: 31.2-theme, 32.1-1-1-theme)
        Arg2: entity compared to

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Although manufacturers often are quick [*-1] to call for lower interest rates , 60 % of the executives said [0] they would prefer that the Fed keep inflation-fighting as its top priority even if that means higher rates .

        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: prefer
        Arg1: that the Fed keep inflation-fighting as its top priority even if that means higher rates

Example: passive

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

        [The sales-tax plan]-239 was preferred [*-239] over an alternative that [*T*-277] would have boosted the state gasoline tax .

        Rel: preferred
        Arg1: [*-239]
        Arg2: over an alternative that [*T*-277] would have boosted the state gasoline tax

Example: all arguments

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Sulzer preferred him to financier Tito Tettamanti , whose secretive raid on the company 's stock [*T*-1] had led to a bitter battle .

        Arg0: Sulzer
        Rel: preferred
        Arg1: him
        Arg2: to financier Tito Tettamanti , whose secretive raid on the company 's stock [*T*-1] had led to a bitter battle