Frameset - prolong-v

Predicate: prolong

prolong: Frames file for 'prolong' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.

Roleset id: prolong.01 , make longer, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: cause, agent
        Arg1: thing getting longer
        Arg2: EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: just transitive

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

        There, Mr. Shevardnadze felt legitimized to unveil his own peace
        plan: The U.S.S.R. would prolong a suspension of arms shipments to
        Nicaragua after the February election if the U.S. did likewise
        with its allies in Central America.

        Arg0: The U.S.S.R.
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: prolong
        Arg1: a suspension of arms shipments to Nicaragua
        ArgM-TMP: after the February election
        ArgM-ADV: if the U.S. did likewise with its allies in Central America

Example: with arg2, sorta

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

        It does prolong the pain somewhat.''

        Arg0: It
        Rel: prolong
        Arg1: the pain
        Arg2: somewhat

Example: start and end points

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

        [John's stay in graduate school]-1 was prolonged *trace*-1 from five
        years to fifteen.

        Rel: prolonged
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg3: from five years
        Arg4: to fifteen