Predicate: thicken
thicken: Frames file for 'thicken' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset id: thicken.01 , (cause to) become thicker, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Change_of_consistency Cause_change_of_consistency
thicken.01: VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.
Roles:
Arg0: cause, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing becoming thick (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2: instrument (vnrole: 45.4-instrument)
Example: unaccusative
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Watching, they waited until the squall thickened and began to move in
a long drifting slant across the dry burning land.
Arg1: the squall
Rel: thickened
Example: accusative
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
For a moment, anger darkened the hallway about her, and when she
found her voice, anger thickened it.
Arg0: anger
Rel: thickened
Arg1: it
Example: instrumental
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
John thickened the gravy with library paste.
Arg0: John
Rel: thickened
Arg1: the gravy
Arg2: with library paste