Predicate: proliferate

proliferate: Frames file for 'proliferate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4 'other causative'. Not really causative, though, is it?

Roleset id: proliferate.01 , prosper, become abundant, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

proliferate.01: For a second I misparsed 'proliferate' and thought it meant "make into a foe of abortion".

Roles:

        Arg0: thing becoming abundant (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: basic usage

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Joint-research programs have proliferated as U.S. companies seek
        to spread the risks and costs of commercializing new
        superconductors and to meet the challenges posed by foreign
        consortia, especially in Japan.

        Arg0: Joint-research programs
        Rel: proliferated
        ArgM-CAU: as U.S. companies seek to spread the risks and costs of commercializing new superconductors and to meet the challenges posed by foreign consortia, especially in Japan