Frameset - tighten-v

Predicate: tighten

tighten: Frames file for 'tighten' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: tighten.01 , cause to be tight(er), vncls: 45.4, framnet:

tighten.01: In theory this might take EXT, start and end points, but I really doubt it. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

Arg0: causer of tightening (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing tightening (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: automatically generated

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive

        `` [They]-2 have [*trace*-2]-1 to continue *trace*-1 to tighten their belts , '' said Craig Kloner , an analyst at Goldman , Sachs & Co .

        Arg0: *trace*-1
        Rel: tighten
        Arg1: their belts

Predicate: tighten_up

Roleset id: tighten.02 , get tight over, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: thing getting tight
Arg1: because of what

Example: Congress gettin' tight

        person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive

        You'd think all the stories about well-heeled communities and
        developers getting HUD grants would prompt Congress to tighten up
        on upscale housing subsidies.

        Arg0: Congress
        Rel: tighten up
        Arg1: on upscale housing subsidies