Predicate 
slam:
Frames file for 'slam' based on sentences in financial subcorpus and
automatic generation from Verbnet classes.
Roleset slam.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "throw violently":
Roles:
Arg0:thrower
Arg1:thing thrown
Arg2:thrown at, to, over, etc
Examples:
| all args (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
| John slammed the book onto the table.
 
 | 
| Arg0: | John | 
| Arg1: | slammed | 
| REL: | the book | 
| Arg2-onto: | the table | 
Roleset slam.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit hard":
Roles:
Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!
Arg1:thing hit
Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with
Examples:
| transitive (-) | 
|---|
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
| Twice in two weeks the unraveling of the on-again, off-again UAL
 buy-out slammed the stock market.
 
 | 
| ArgM-TMP: | Twice | 
| ArgM-TMP: | in two weeks | 
| Arg0: | the unraveling of the on-again , off-again UAL buy-out | 
| REL: | slammed | 
| Arg1: | the stock market | 
| with instrument (-) | 
|---|
| The firm has also been slammed *trace* with big financial settlements.
 
 | 
| Arg1: | The firm | 
| Argm-dis: | also | 
| REL: | slammed | 
| Arg2-with: | big financial settlements |