Predicate: slant

slant: Frames file for 'slant' based on sentences in brown.

Roleset id: slant.01 , (cause to) not be level, vncls: 47.7 96, framnet: Path_shape , Motion_directional

slant.01: Member of VNcls meander-47.7, addict-96.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of slant (vnrole: 96-agent)
        Arg1: unlevel thing (vnrole: 47.7-theme, 96-patient)

Example: with cause

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

        In another approach to the same procedure, the content of the
        readings is analyzed so as to see how-3 [the particular medium]-2 is likely
        [*-2] to slant her statements [*T*-3].

        Arg0: [*-2] (= the particular medium)
        Rel: slant
        Arg1: her statements
        Argm-mnr: [*T*-3] (= how)

Example: adjectival

        This is not one of my John sentences, but an honest-to-god corpus example.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as
        John trudged toward St. Peter's.

        Rel: slanting
        Arg1: rooftops