Predicate: struggle

struggle: Frames file for 'struggle' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: struggle.01 , engage in a battle with someone, vncls: 36.4-1, framnet: -

struggle.01: Member of Vncls battle-36.4-1. Updated by Julia, 11/2010. Note that all of the examples here involve multiple strugglers.

Roles:

        Arg0: first struggler (vnrole: 36.4-1-actor1)
        Arg1: second struggler (vnrole: 36.4-1-actor2)
        Arg2: topic or prize (vnrole: 36.4-1-topic)

Example: with co-struggler

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Same store-sales for Kentucky Fried Chicken, which-1 *trace*-1 has
        struggled with increased competition in the fast-food chicken
        market and a lack of new products, rose only 1%.

        Arg0: *trace*-1 (= which)
        Argm-slc: which -> Kentucky Fried Chicken
        Rel: struggled
        Arg1: with increased competition in the fast-food chicken market and a lack of new products

Example: merged strugglers

        John and Mary struggled over the cause of his noxious foot odor.

        Arg0: John and Mary
        Rel: struggled
        Arg2: over the cause of his noxious foot odor

Example: I can't believe this hasn't occurred yet

        John struggled with Mary over the cause of his noxious foot odor.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: struggled
        Arg1: with Mary
        Arg2: over the cause of his noxious foot odor

Example: Competitors merged

        John and Mary struggle fiercely.

        Arg0: John and Mary
        Rel: struggle
        Argm-mnr: fiercely

Example: with prize

        John struggled with Mary for the last piece of cake.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: struggled
        Arg1: with Mary
        Arg2: for the last piece of cake

Roleset id: struggle.02 , try very hard, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: entity trying
        Arg1: predicative action

Example: with difficult action

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

        The results show Sears is struggling to attract shoppers.

        Arg0: Sears
        Rel: struggling
        Arg1: to attract shoppers

Example: intransitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        Sears, Roebuck & Co. is struggling as it enters the critical
        Christmas season.

        Arg0: Sears, Roebuck & Co.
        Rel: struggling
        Argm-tmp: as it enters the critical Christmas season