Roleset tighten.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to be tight(er)":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of tightening


Arg1:thing tightening

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


automatically generated (-)
`` They have to continue to tighten their belts , '' said Craig Kloner , an analyst at Goldman , Sachs & Co .
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> They
REL:	tighten
Arg1:	their belts

In theory this might take EXT, start and end points, but I really doubt it.

Roleset tighten.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "get tight over":

Roles:

Arg0:thing getting tight


Arg1:because of what

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


Congress gettin' tight (-)
You'd think all the stories about well-heeled communities and developers getting HUD grants would prompt Congress to tighten up on upscale housing subsidies.
Arg0:	Congress
REL:	tighten up
Arg1-on:	upscale housing subsidies