Predicate: sweeten

Roleset id: sweeten.01 , make sweet, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

sweeten.01: Frames file for 'sweeten' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class other_cos-45.4, a host of other framed members. Comparison with 'change'.

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, entity causing sweetness (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing becoming sweet (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: explicit instrument (vnrole: 45.4-instrument)

Example: high-fructose corn syrup

        John sweetens his breath with garlic.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: sweetens
        Arg1: his breath
        Arg2: with garlic

Roleset id: sweeten.02 , improve, make more palatable, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: improver
        Arg1: thing improved
        Arg2: end state
        Arg3: start state

Example: straight transitive

        B.A.T Industries, which is being pursued by Sir James Goldsmith's
        Hoylake Investments, rose 9 to 753 on speculation that Hoylake
        will sweeten its bid, dealers said.

        Arg0: Hoylake
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: sweeten
        Arg1: its bid

Example: with end state

        In August, Temple sweetened the offer to $63 a share, or $963
        million.

        Argm-tmp: In August
        Arg0: Temple
        Rel: sweetened
        Arg1: the offer
        Arg2: to $63 a share, or $963 million

Example: with start state

        Vitro S.A., a major Mexican glass maker, said yesterday that it
        agreed to buy Anchor Glass Container in [a tender offer for $21.25
        a share]-1, sweetened *trace*-1 from the original $20-a-share offer Vitro
        launched two months ago.

        Rel: sweetened
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg3: from the original $20-a-share offer Vitro launched two months ago