Predicate 
lift:
  Frames file for 'lift' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entries put_direction-9.4 steal-10.5, other framed members
  include redeem, seize, sneak for the steal sense, no other members
  for other sense.  Comparison to 'raise' and 'steal'.
Roleset lift.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause increase in elevation":
Roles:
Arg0:elevator, Agent
Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing rising
Arg2:EXT, amount risen
Arg3:Start point
Arg4:End point
ArgM-LOC:Medium
Examples:
| raise the roof (-) | 
|---|
| Although the Treasury is expected to announce details of its
 November quarterly refunding operation today, the Nov. 79 schedule
 could be delayed unless Congress and the president act soon
 *trace* to lift the nation's debt ceiling.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  Congress and the president | 
| REL: | lift | 
| Arg1: | the nation's debt ceiling | 
| with EXT (-) | 
|---|
| Seeing new office buildings sprout up and its sales soar, Daikin is
 building another plant, which  will lift its production capacity
 50%.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  which ->  another plant | 
| ArgM-MOD: | will | 
| REL: | lift | 
| Arg1: | its production capacity | 
| Arg2-EXT: | 50% | 
| start and end points (-) | 
|---|
| At about 10:40 a.m. EDT, several big buy orders hit the S&P
 pit simultaneously, *trace* lifting the futures up out of the
 trading limit and eventually into ranges that caused
 computer-driven program buying of stocks.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  several big buy orders | 
| REL: | lifting | 
| Arg1: | the futures | 
| ArgM-DIR: | up | 
| Arg3-out: | of the trading limit | 
| ArgM-TMP: | eventually | 
| Arg4-into: | ranges that caused computer-driven program
        buying of stocks | 
Roleset lift.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "acquire stealthily, remove":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, entity acquiring/removing something
Arg1:thing acquired/removed
Arg2:acquired/removed-from
Examples:
| remove (-) | 
|---|
| The statement emphasized that holders representing 75% of the
 shares voting at a special shareholders' meeting must agree
 *trace* to lift the takeover restrictions.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  holders representing 75% of the shares
        voting at a special shareholders' meeting | 
| REL: | lift | 
| Arg1: | the takeover restrictions | 
| steal (-) | 
|---|
| John lifted Mary's car keys from her purse.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | lifted | 
| Arg1: | Mary's car keys | 
| Arg2-from: | her purse |