Roleset slacken.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to slow down":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of slowing


Arg1:thing slackened

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


intransitive (-)
Car sales slackened in September after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1] .
Arg1:	Car sales
REL:	slackened
ArgM-TMP:	in September
ArgM-TMP:	after the 1990 models were introduced [*-1]

person: third tense: ns aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


transitive (-)
Now , he said [0] [*T*-1] , a slowdown in economic activity has slackened demand .
ArgM-TMP:	Now
Arg0:	a slowdown in economic activity
REL:	slackened
Arg1:	demand