Predicate: pressure
pressure: Frames file for 'pressure' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. Comparison to 'press'.
Roleset id: pressure.01 , apply pressure, pressure someone to do something, vncls: 59, framnet:
pressure.01: Verbnet entry
Roles:
Arg0: presser (vnrole: 59-agent)
Arg1: pressed (on) (vnrole: 59-patient)
Arg2: goal, pressed-for (vnrole: 59-proposition)
Example: with goal
Big Board stock specialists, began to have them pressure the
exchange to ban program trading.
Arg0: them
Rel: pressure
Arg1: the exchange
Arg2: to ban program trading
Example: without goal
Generally in the quarter, overproduction of gasoline and higher
crude oil prices pressured profitability.
Argm-dis: Generally
Argm-tmp: in the quarter
Arg0: overproduction of gasoline and higher crude oil prices
Rel: pressured
Arg1: profitability
Roleset id: pressure.02 , move, cause motion by pressure, vncls: , framnet:
pressure.02: No corresponding VN class for movement sense.
Roles:
Arg0: mover
Arg1: moved
Argm: ahead, usually
Example: somewhat odd usage
[The Nikkei index]-1 was pressured *trace*-1 down by profit-taking
triggered by sharp advances made through this week and fell
151.20 points to 35527.29.
Rel: pressured
Arg1: *trace*
Argm-dir: down
Arg0: by profit-taking triggered by sharp advances made through this week