Predicate: short

short: Frames file for 'short' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: short.01 , sell stocks short, vncls: , framnet: -

short.01: No Vncls. Checked by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: stock broker
        Arg1: stocks

Example: wsj-ese strikes again!

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        For example, [an investor]-1 may seek [*-1]-2 to profit during some
        takeover situations by [*-2] buying stock in one company involved
        and shorting the stock of the other.

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: shorting
        Arg1: the stock of the other

Roleset id: short.02 , short-circuit, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

short.02: Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. Checked by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Arg0: electrician (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: circuit, electrical appliance (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: usually ergative

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        When the swaying of the building woke me up, I reasoned that a) I
        was in Southern California; b) the bed was moving; c) it must be a
        Magic Fingers bed that-1 [*T*-1] had shorted.

        Arg1: [*T*-1] (= that)
        Argm-slc: that -> a Magic Fingers bed
        Rel: shorted

Roleset id: short.03 , short change, vncls: , framnet: -

short.03: No Vncls. Updated by Julia, 11/2010.

Roles:

        Not restricted to money; can be used anytime someone doesn't receive everything they "should" be getting.
        Arg0: giver of change
        Arg1: receiver of change
        Arg2: explicit mention of change

Example: poor John

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

        The clerk at Wawa shorted John $58.13.

        Arg0: The clerk at Wawa
        Rel: shorted
        Arg1: John
        Arg2: $58.13

Example: when the 'change' is really a chicken nugget.

        person: other,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle

        If I worked as a grill cook at McDonald's and I shorted Bryan Mills a chicken nugget, what would happen?

        Arg0: I
        Rel: shorted
        Arg1: Bryan Mills
        Arg2: a chicken nugget