Predicate 
shut:
  Frames file for 'shut' based on sentences in financial subcorpus.
  Verbnet entry other_cos-45.4, other framed members include decrease,
  halt, narrow, slow, sweeten.  Comparison with 'close' 'exclude' 'end'
Roleset shut.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "close":
Roles:
Examples:
| shut the door! (-) | 
|---|
| Caterpillar also said it will indefinitely lay off about 325
 workers in the Peoria area and temporarily shut its plant in York,
 Pa., for two weeks in both November and December.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | it | 
| ArgM-MOD: | will | 
| ArgM-TMP: | temporarily | 
| REL: | shut | 
| Arg1: | its plant in York , Pa. , | 
| ArgM-TMP: | for two weeks | 
| ArgM-TMP: | in both November and December | 
Predicate 
shut_out:
Roleset shut.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "exclude, except":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, excluder
Arg1:patient, thing excluded
Arg2:excluded-from
Examples:
| you're not invited (-) | 
|---|
| People close to the GM-Jaguar talks agreed that Ford now may be
 able *trace* to shut out General Motors.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  Ford | 
| REL: | [ shut] [ out] | 
| Arg1: | General Motors | 
Predicate 
shut_off:
Roleset shut.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "exclude, except":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, excluder
Arg1:patient, thing excluded
Arg2:excluded-from
Examples:
| all args (-) | 
|---|
| The petition challenged First Union's lending record in the state,
 saying that the bank-holding company had ``shut itself off from
 contact with the low-income community and is redlining almost
 every black neighborhood that it serves in the state.''
 
 | 
| Arg0: | the bank-holding company | 
| REL: | [ shut] [ off] | 
| Arg1-REC: | itself | 
| Arg2-from: | contact with the low-income community | 
Roleset shut.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "turn off, as a light":
Roles:
Arg0:flipper of the switch, agent
Arg1:light
Examples:
| darkness falls (-) | 
|---|
| John shut off the light.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| REL: | shut off | 
| Arg1: | the light | 
Predicate 
shut_down:
Roleset shut.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to end":
Roles:
Arg0:Intentional agent
Arg1:Thing ending
Arg2:Explicit instrument, thing ended with
ArgM:point at which something ends
Examples:
| end (-) | 
|---|
| Asarco said it plans to shut down *trace* or sell its Rapatee coal
 mine and will end its involvement in southern Illinois strip
 mining.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | *trace* ->  it | 
| REL: | [ shut] [ down] | 
| Arg1: | *trace* -> its involvement in southern Illinois
        strip mining. | 
Predicate 
shut_up:
Roleset shut.06 Verbnet Class: NONE "stop talking":
Roles:
Examples:
| imperative (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: ns
form: ns
| `` [*] Shut up .
 
 | 
| Arg1: | [*] | 
| REL: | [ Shut] [ up] |