Predicate: balance

Roleset id: balance.01 , establish a balance, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

balance.01: BALANCE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'balance' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entries 47.6, 45.4. (from balance.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
balance (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: balancer, agent (vnrole: 47.6-agent, 45.4-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing balanced (vnrole: 47.6-theme, 45.4-patient)
        Arg2-PPT: in comparison to

Example: simple transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        And even those who say some selective selling may be in order stress that [individuals]-3 need to be in the stock market *trace* to achieve their long-term investment objectives and to help *trace*-3 balance their other assets.

        Arg0: *trace*-3
        Rel: balance
        Arg1: their other assets

Example: ergative

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        To make the books balance, as is required by law, somebody invented a new budget line item that simply subtracted $45 billion.

        Arg1: the books
        Rel: balance
        Argm-adv: as is required by law

Example: ARG1 and ARG2

        Of these three , US income from selling technology is four times the amount it spends buying technology elsewhere , and it earns enough each year in patent royalties to balance its enormous deficit in manufactured goods .

        Arg1: []
        Rel: balance
        Arg2: its enormous deficit in manufactured goods

Example: passive with comparator

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        2 . In seeking approval of a TRO, the prosecutor must articulate [any anticipated impact that forfeiture and the TRO would have on innocent third parties]-2, balanced *trace*-2 against the government's need to preserve the assets.

        Rel: balanced
        Arg1: *trace*-2
        Arg2: against the government's need to preserve the assets

Example: ARG0

        Within the alliance it is supposed to act as a balancing force , guarding against excessive control by government or abuse of its economic position by business , for either could result in a deterioration of its living standards -LRB- under the new resolutions , workers councils may demand that a cooperative be closed or its prices be reduced -RRB- .

        Rel: balancing
        Arg0: force


Predicate: balance_out

Roleset id: balance_out.02 , balance completely over time, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

balance_out.02: BALANCE_OUT-V NOTES: Framed by Claire (from balance.02-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
balance_out (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: balancer, agent doing balancing
        Arg1-PPT: focus, first thing balanced
        Arg2-PPT: arg1 balances out with what? Point of comparison when separate mention

Example: Arg's 0 & 1 only

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Fortunately, [people's luck]-1 always tends *-1 to balance out.

        Arg1: *-1
        Rel: [balance][out]