Roleset slim.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to reduce, melt off, lose weight":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity slimming down

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


intransitive (-)
But Akzo is still slimming down : It recently announced plans [*] to eliminate about 1,700 fiber-related jobs in the Netherlands and West Germany .
ArgM-DIS:	But
Arg1:	Akzo
ArgM-TMP:	still
REL:	[ slimming] [ down]