Frames file for 'maximize' based on sentences in financial
subcorpus. No access to verbnet. No comparison.
Roleset maximize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make the most":
Roles:
Arg0:causer, agent
Arg1:thing which is being the most
Examples:
typical usage (-)
The action followed by one day an Intelogic announcement that it
will retain an investment banker *trace* to explore alternatives
``*trace* to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible
sale of the company.
Arg0:
*trace* -> *trace* -> alternatives
REL:
maximize
Arg1:
shareholder value
Agency has nothing to do with animacy, but tracing can get funky
sometimes. When the target of a trace is unclear, go with an animate
agent.