Predicate: slacken

slacken: Frames file for 'slacken' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: slacken.01 , to slow down, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

slacken.01: Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of slowing (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing slackened (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: intransitive

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

        Car sales slackened in September after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1] .

        Arg1: Car sales
        Rel: slackened
        Argm-tmp: in September
        Argm-tmp: after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1]

Example: transitive

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

        Now , he said , a slowdown in economic activity has slackened demand .

        Argm-tmp: Now
        Arg0: a slowdown in economic activity
        Rel: slackened
        Arg1: demand