Predicate: slim

slim: Frames file for 'slim' based on ebn instances.

Roleset id: slim.02 , to reduce, melt off, lose weight, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

slim.02: frame by Perryn. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: entity slimming down (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: Barbie

        Toymaker Mattel, Inc. refined Barbie's gravity-defying proportions by
        *PRO* slimming her bust and hips and widening her waist, as well as *PRO*
        giving her a new nose.

        Arg0: *PRO* -- Toymaker Mattel
        Rel: slimming
        Arg1: her bust and hips


Predicate: slim_down

slim_down: Frames file for 'slim' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. frame created by Olga

Roleset id: slim.01 , to reduce, melt off, lose weight, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer
        Arg1: entity slimming down

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        But Akzo is still slimming down : It recently announced plans [*] to eliminate about 1,700 fiber-related jobs in the Netherlands and West Germany .

        Argm-dis: But
        Arg1: Akzo
        Argm-tmp: still
        Rel: [ slimming] [ down]