Frameset

Predicate stack:

Frames file for 'stack' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. Verbnet class spray-9.7-1, other framed members include hang, seed. Comparison with 'set'.

Roleset stack.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "set one thing atop another":

Roles:

Arg0:stacker

Arg1:one thing

Arg2:the other

Examples:

stack on (-)
But in recent years, the market has moved toward less expensive ``mini-component'' sets, miniaturized amplifiers and receivers and software players that could be stacked on top of each other.
Arg1:	trace -> trace -> that -> miniaturized amplifiers and receivers and software players
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	stacked
Arg2-on:	top of each other

stack against (-)
``Small investors are absolutely dismayed that Wall Street is stacking the deck against them, and these wide swings are scaring them to death,'' says Raymond A. Mason, chairman of regional broker Legg Mason Inc. in Baltimore.

Arg0: Wall Street

REL: stacking

Arg1: the deck

Arg2-against: them

stack against (-)
``Small investors are absolutely dismayed that Wall Street is stacking the deck against them, and these wide swings are scaring them to death,'' says Raymond A. Mason, chairman of regional broker Legg Mason Inc. in Baltimore.
Arg0:	Wall Street
REL:	stacking
Arg1:	the deck
Arg2-against:	them

Predicate stack_up:

Roleset stack.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "be arranged, exist":

Roles:

Arg1:thing existing

Examples:

unaccusative (-)
`It wasn't clear how the ownership would stack up under the new plan, but employees would keep more than 50%.`
Arg1:	the ownership
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	[ stack] [ up]
ArgM-LOC:	under the new plan

Roleset stack.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "make into a stack":

Roles:

Arg0:stacker

Arg1:thing(s) being stacked

Examples:

big pile (-)
`John stacked up all his dirty dishes.`
Arg0:	John
REL:	stacked up
Arg1:	all his dirty dishes