Frameset - thin-v

Predicate: thin

thin: Frames file for 'thin' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: thin.01 , to make or become thin or thinner, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Cause_change_of_consistency

thin.01: Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

Arg0: cause, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: entity getting thin (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: intransitive

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

        His hair was thinning.

        Arg1: his hair
        Rel: thinning

Predicate: thin_out

Roleset id: thin.02 , to make or become sparse or sparser, vncls: , framnet:

thin.02: See Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

Arg0: cause, agent
Arg1: entity getting thin

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        For one thing , Pentagon officials worry that the U.S. will have a much tougher time persuading Europeans to keep some short-range nuclear weapons on their soil once [Soviet armored forces]-1 are thinned [*-1] out .

        Rel: [ thinned] [ out]
        Arg1: [*-1]