Frames file for 'dilate' based on sentences in brown.
Roleset dilate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be very wide":
Roles:
Arg0:cause
Arg1:wide thing (usually eyes)
Examples:
not eyes, this time (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
If he foresaw any problem because of the quality of the
hymen, it was recommended that simple procedures be
undertaken [*-2] at once [0] [*T*-3] to incise the hymen or,
preferably, to dilate it.
Arg0:
[*T*-3] -> [0] -> [*-2] -> simple procedures
REL:
dilate
Arg1:
it
unaccusative (-)
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Under the excitement of caresses and sexual stimulation the
vagina relaxes and dilates and the local moisture greatly increases,
providing an excellent lubricant to help achieve an easier
penetration.
Arg1:
the vagina
REL:
dilates
We're definitely not in the Wall Street Journal anymore.