Predicate: unwind

unwind: Frames file for 'unwind' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.

Roleset id: unwind.01 , (cause to) be uncoiled, vncls: 45.2, framnet: -

unwind.01: Comparison with 'wind'. VN updated by Julia, 10/2010. Member of Vncls bend-45.2

Roles:

        Arg0: unroller (vnrole: 45.2-agent)
        Arg1: thing unrolled or unrolling (vnrole: 45.2-patient)

Example: specialized financial usage

        I have no idea what this means.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: full

        And senior officials of two U.S. securities houses say they
        switched trades in European stocks to the London market last week
        when they couldn't unwind positions on the Continent.

        Arg0: they
        Argm-mod: could
        Argm-neg: n't
        Rel: unwind
        Arg1: positions on the Continent

Example: literal, agentive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John unwound his giant ball of shed hair.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: unwound
        Arg1: his giant ball of shed hair

Example: literal, ergative

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        John's watch unwound quickly.

        Arg1: John's watch
        Rel: unwound
        Argm-mnr: quickly

Roleset id: unwind.02 , relax, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

        Arg1: relaxer
        Arg2: instrument

Example: hot summer days

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

        After a long day of work, [John]-1 likes *trace*-1 to relax with a nap
        in his hammock.

        Arg1: *trace*-1
        Rel: unwind
        Arg2: with a nap in his hammock