Frames file for 'become' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry.
Roleset become.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "change of state":
Roles:
Arg1:entity changing
Arg2:new state
Examples:
all examples look like this (-)
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: perfect
voice: active
form: participle
Plans that give advertisers discounts for maintaining or
increasing ad spending have become permanent fixtures at the news
weeklies and underscore the fierce competition between Newsweek, Time
Warner Inc.'s Time magazine, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman's U.S. News
& World Report.
Arg1:
Plans that give advertisers discounts for
maintaining or increasing ad spending