Predicate: threaten
threaten: Frames file for 'threaten' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
Roleset id: threaten.01 , threaten, vncls: 31.1, framnet: Commitment
threaten.01: Member of Vncls amuse-31.1.
Roles:
Arg0: agent, entity making a threat (vnrole: 31.1-cause)
Arg1: threat (vnrole: 31.1-experiencer)
Arg2: 'benefactive', entity threatened
Example: sentential threat
The new Wall Street of computers and automated trading threatens
to make dinosaurs of the 49 Big Board stock-specialist firms.
Arg0: The new Wall Street of computers and automated trading
Rel: threatens
Arg1: to make dinosaurs of the 49 Big Board stock-specialist firms
Example: nominal threat
The announced sale of the reserves was followed by news that
investor Carl Icahn had increased his stake in USX to 13.1% and
threatened a takeover or other business combination.
Arg0: investor Carl Icahn
Rel: threatened
Arg1: a takeover or other business combination
Example: with benefactive
Mary threatened John with a large knife.
Arg0: Mary
Rel: threatened
Arg2: John
Arg1: with a large knife