Predicate: slow

slow: Frames file for 'slow' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: slow.01 , (cause to) move more slowly, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

slow.01: Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of deceleration (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: entity in motion (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: transitive

        A reinstatement of the uptick rule for program traders would slow
        their activity considerably.

        Arg0: A reinstatement of the uptick rule for program traders
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: slow
        Arg1: their activity
        Argm-ext: considerably

Example: ergative

        [New loans]-1 continue *trace*-1 to slow.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: slow

Roleset id: slow.02 , fall, decline, vncls: , framnet: -

slow.02: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing declining
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point
        Argm: medium

Example: ergative with start point

        Activity-1 continued *trace*-1 to slow from the hectic pace set during
        the market's plunge late Friday and its rebound Monday, as players
        began to set their sights on events coming later this week.

        Arg1: Activity
        Rel: slow
        Arg3: from the hectic pace set during the market's plunge late Friday and its rebound Monday
        Argm-tmp: as players began to set their sights on events coming later this week

Example: ergative with end state

        While it has predicted that overall growth in unit sales of
        personal computers is slowing to about a 10% yearly rate...

        Arg1: overall growth in unit sales of personal computers
        Rel: slowing
        Arg4: to about a 10 % yearly rate


Predicate: slow_down

Roleset id: slow.03 , (cause to) move more slowly, vncls: , framnet: -

slow.03: No VNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of deceleration
        Arg1: entity in motion
        Arg3: starting pace of arg 1
        Arg4: ending pace, final state of arg 1

Example: transitive

        And the generally frail condition of Arizona's lenders means there
        is [little capital]-1 available in the state *trace*-1 to shore up the
        economy and slow down the slide.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: [ slow] [ down]
        Arg1: the slide