Frameset

Predicate slide:

Frames file for 'slide' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet entry run-51.3.2, roll-51.3.1, slide-11.2-2, other framed members include charge, dash, float, leap, roll, scuttle, sneak, spin, walk, wind. Comparison therewith.

Roleset slide.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "slide":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, causer of sliding

Arg1:thing sliding

Examples:

transitive (-)
`John slid the glass of beer down the bar and onto the floor.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	slid
Arg1:	the glass of beer
Argm-DIR:	down the bar and onto the floor

ergative (-)
John's car slid all over the icy road.

Arg1: John's car

REL: slid

Argm-LOC: all over the icy road

ergative (-)
`John's car slid all over the icy road.`
Arg1:	John's car
REL:	slid
Argm-LOC:	all over the icy road

Roleset slide.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "quantifiable motion":

Roles:

Arg1:Logical subject, patient, thing falling

Arg2:EXT, amount fallen

Arg3:start point

Arg4:end point, end state of arg1

ArgM-LOC:medium

Examples:

all args (-)
`In the nine months, net income slid 21% to $28.4 million, or 33 cents a share, from $36 million, or 42 cents a share.`
ArgM-TMP:	In the nine months
Arg1:	net income
REL:	slid
Arg2-EXT:	21 %
Arg4-to:	$28.4 million, or 33 cents a share,
Arg3-from:	from $36 million, or 42 cents a share

Other permutations of args are possible, but 'slide' seems uncommonly fond of arg2-EXT. Go figure.