Predicate: react

react: Frames file for 'react' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class 31.3, no mention of other members. Minimal comparison with 'answer' and 'respond'.

Roleset id: react.01 , give a response, reaction, vncls: 31.3, framnet:

react.01: ArgM-MNR and Arg2 can be hard to distinguish. Use the following rule of thumb--if something is an adverb (X-ly) or can be easily restated --> --as an adverb ("with caution --> cautiously") call it ArgM-MNR. Otherwise use Arg2.

Roles:

        Arg0: reactor (vnrole: 31.3-Experiencer)
        Arg1: reacted-to (vnrole: 31.3-Cause)
        Arg2: reaction

Example: intransitive

        Not everyone is reacting so calmly.

        Arg0: Not everyone
        Rel: reacting
        ArgM-MNR: so calmly

Example: transitive, adverbial reaction

        The stock market reacted strongly to the news.

        Arg0: The stock market
        Rel: reacted
        ArgM-MNR: strongly
        Arg1: to the news

Example: transitive, arg2 reaction

        Investors -- taking this as a sign that a broad industry slump was
        in the offing -- reacted by selling the company's stock, which
        lost $3.25 that day to close at $52 in national over-the-counter
        trading.

        Arg0: Investors
        ArgM-ADV: -- taking this as a sign that a broad industry slump was in the offing --
        Rel: reacted
        Arg2: by selling the company's stock, which lost $3.25 that day to close at $52 in national over-the-counter trading