Predicate: stiffen

Roleset id: stiffen.01 , (make) become stiff, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

stiffen.01: Based on WSJ. Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of stiffness (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: newly-stiff thing (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: passive with cause

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

        [The Pathet Lao]-2, [*-2]-3 stiffened [*-3] by Communist Veterans from
        neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.

        Rel: stiffened
        Arg1: [*-3]
        Arg0: by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam

Example: unaccusative

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

        When-3 the cloth dried and stiffened [*T*-3], he saw what
        adjustments had to be made.

        Arg1: the cloth
        Rel: stiffened
        Argm-tmp: [*T*-3]