Predicate
beef_up:
Frames file for 'beef up' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
No Verbnet entry. Comparison with 'enhance'.
Roleset beef.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make greater":
Roles:
Arg0:entity causing beefiness, agent
Arg1:thing enhanced
Arg2:instrument
Arg3:enhanced by how much, EXT or MNR
Examples:
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where's the beef? (-) |
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person: third
tense: present
aspect: perfect
voice: active
form: participle
Mr. Jones has also beefed up his marketing staff to sell the 118
luxury suites topping Texas Stadium (his deal with Bum Bright
included operating rights for the stadium).
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| Arg0: | Mr. Jones |
| ArgM-DIS: | also |
| REL: | [ beefed] [ up] |
| Arg1: | his marketing staff |
| ArgM-PNC: | to sell the 118 luxury suites topping Texas
Stadium |
I rather doubt the higher # args will appear, but they're there for
completeness.