Frameset

Predicate market:

Frames file for 'market' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No access to verbnet. Comparison with verbs of commerce like 'sell'.

Roleset market.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "try to sell, offer for sale":

Roles:

Arg0:Seller

Arg1:Thing Sold

Arg2:Buyer

Arg3:attribute

Arg4:Benefactive

Examples:

basic transitive (-)
`The Food and Drug Administration allowed the company to begin trace marketing a new lens for use in cataract patients.`
Arg0:	trace -> the company
REL:	marketing
Arg1:	a new lens for use in cataract patients

with prospective buyer (-)
The facility will be marketed *trace* toward families, and room rates will be between $35 and $55 a night, MGM Grand said.

ArgM-MOD: will

REL: marketed

Arg1: *trace* -> The facility

Arg2-toward: families

with prospective buyer (-)
`The facility will be marketed trace toward families, and room rates will be between $35 and $55 a night, MGM Grand said.`
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	marketed
Arg1:	trace -> The facility
Arg2-toward:	families

with attribute (-)
Last week, Ford encountered a setback in its effort to broaden its U.S. luxury offerings when it was forced to abandon a four-year-old effort *trace* to market its German-built Scorpio sedan in the U.S. as a luxury import under the Merkur brand name.

Arg0: *trace* -> it

REL: market

Arg1: its German-built Scorpio sedan

ArgM-LOC: in the U.S.

Arg3-as: a luxury import under the Merkur brand name

with attribute (-)
`Last week, Ford encountered a setback in its effort to broaden its U.S. luxury offerings when it was forced to abandon a four-year-old effort trace to market its German-built Scorpio sedan in the U.S. as a luxury import under the Merkur brand name.`
Arg0:	trace -> it
REL:	market
Arg1:	its German-built Scorpio sedan
ArgM-LOC:	in the U.S.
Arg3-as:	a luxury import under the Merkur brand name

with benefactive (-)
The company develops and markets products for the food service industry.

Arg0: The company

REL: markets

Arg1: products

Arg4-for: the food service industry

with benefactive (-)
`The company develops and markets products for the food service industry.`
Arg0:	The company
REL:	markets
Arg1:	products
Arg4-for:	the food service industry

Note that the Arg3 is not the same as it is in the other commerce verbs, being attributive not price. Be wary, also, of adjectival usages: "marketing executives" etc.