Predicate: strengthen
strengthen: Frames file for 'strengthen' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: strengthen.01 , make stronger, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Cause_change_of_strength
strengthen.01: Comparison with 'weaken'. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.
Roles:
Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing strengthening (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2: EXT
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
Nashua-1 immediately responded by *trace*-1 strengthening a
poison-pill plan and saying it will buy back up to one million of
its shares, or 10.4 % of the 9.6 million outstanding.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: strengthening
Arg1: a poison-pill plan
Example: ergative
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Although Mr. Pierce expects that line of business to strengthen in
the next year, he said Elcotel will also benefit from moving into
other areas.
Arg1: that line of business
Rel: strengthen
Argm-tmp: in the next year