Predicate: widen

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

Roleset id: widen.01 , make wider, vncls: 45.4, framnet: Cause_expansion

widen.01: Verbnet entry other_cos-45.4 (other causative), many other framed members. Framenet entry Expansion. Comparison with other verbs of quantifiable change.

Roles:

        Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing becoming wider (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
        Arg2: EXT
        Arg3: start point
        Arg4: end point

Example: ergative, start and end points

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

        As a result, the group's third-quarter loss widened to $9.8
        million from the second quarter's $3.6 million.

        Argm-cau: As a result
        Arg1: the group's third-quarter loss
        Rel: widened
        Arg4: to $9.8 million
        Arg3: from the second quarter's $3.6 million

Example: ergative, with EXT

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

        The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the
        dollar, traders said, and by the U.S. trade deficit, which *trace*
        widened by 31% in August from the previous month.

        Argm-rcl: which -> the U.S. trade deficit
        Arg1: *trace* (= which)
        Rel: widened
        Arg2: by 31%
        Argm-tmp: in August
        Arg3: from the previous month

Example: with agent

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

        John widened his girth.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: widened
        Arg1: his girth