Predicate: subdivide

subdivide: Frames file for 'subdivide' based on instances in Webtext 2.5-2. No VerbNet entry. Comparison to 'divide.02.'

Roleset id: subdivide.01 , separate, divide into smaller units or divide again., vncls: , framnet:

subdivide.01: Framed by Claire

Roles:

        Arg0: entity causing separation
        Arg1: thing being divided, again
        Arg2: divided among/between, if separate from arg1
        Argm: divided into what? Smaller parcel, resulting state of arg 1

Example: With resulting state

        The government subdivided the land into 5-acre lots.

        Arg0: The government
        Rel: subdivided
        Arg1: the land
        Argm-prd: into 5-acre lots

Example: Passive

        A well-used economic development tool is the incubator, typically an office building that *T*-1 is subdivided *-1 and provides subsidized rent and admin. services to small business.

        Argm-slc: that-1 *--> an office building
        Rel: subdivided
        Arg1: *-1