Predicate: taper_off
taper_off: Frames file for 'taper' based on sentences in wsj.
Roleset id: taper.01 , become slender, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -
taper.01: Updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.
Roles:
Arg0 was added later, so intransitive instances will all have been tagged with arg1 in the past.
Arg0: agent (rare) (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing becoming slender (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Example: they all look like this
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Kenneth Mayland, economist for Society Corp., a Cleveland bank,
said [demand for exports of factory goods]-1 is beginning *trace*-1 to
taper off.
Arg1: *trace*
Rel: [ taper] [ off]
Example: arg 1 only
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
Some of his teen-age patients drank as much as four quarts of milk a day, Dr. Fisher found, and their acne tapered off as soon as he tapered off their milk.
Arg1: their acne
Rel: tapered off
Argm-tmp: as soon as he tapered off their milk
Example: same sentence: arg1 and arg0
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
Some of his teen-age patients drank as much as four quarts of milk a day, Dr. Fisher found, and their acne tapered off as soon as he tapered off their milk.
Arg0: he
Rel: tapered off
Arg1: their milk
Predicate: taper
Roleset id: taper.02 , Gradually diminish, vncls: , framnet:
Roles:
Arg0: Agent
Arg1: Logical subject, patient, thing being diminished
Arg2: EXT, amount diminished by
Arg3: Start point
Arg4: End point
Example: With start and end points
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Dr.Philbin tapered Antonio's medication from 50mg/day to 25mg/day
Arg0: Dr.Philbin
Rel: tapered
Arg1: Antonio's medication
Arg3: from 50mg/day
Arg4: to 25 mg/day