Predicate: lessen
Roleset id: lessen.01 , make less, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
lessen.01: LESSEN-V NOTES: I doubt the higher-numbered args will appear; for usage of those cfreduce and other verbs-of-getting-less. (from lessen.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| lessen (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1-PPT: Logical subject, patient, thing falling (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2-EXT: EXT, amount fallen
Arg3-DIR: Start point
Arg4-GOL: End point, end state of arg1
Argm-LOC: Medium
Example: simple transitive
Having two major products would lessen the company's vulnerability to one market's down cycle and help smooth out the flow of cash and earnings.
Arg0: Having two major products
Argm-mod: would
Rel: lessen
Arg1: the company's vulnerability to one market's down cycle
Example: no target for trace
However, the junk-bond market has collapsed in recent weeks, *trace* lessening the likelihood that such a transaction would succeed.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: lessening
Arg1: the likelihood that such a transaction would succeed
Predicate: less
Roleset id: less.02 , not as much as, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
less.02: LESS-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-4,5, more.01. (from less.01-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| less (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PAG: thing that is less
Arg2-PPT: thing that is more
Arg3-PPT: less of what
Example: args 1,2
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
I go to therapy -LRB- for other reasons also -RRB- and they have encouraged me to pick a number of times to check , obviously that-1 [*-1] is less than 20 , and to stick to it and cut down that way .
Arg1: [*-1]
Rel: less
Arg2: [than] [20]
Example: args 1, 3
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Although it is less of a problem during the day it does not feel normal during the day .
Arg1: it
Rel: less
Arg3: of a problem
Argm-tmp: during the day
Roleset id: less.03 , akin to "not": i'm less than impressed!, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
less.03: LESS-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. (from less.02-j)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| less (j.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PPT: Topic
Arg2-PRD: Comment that is NOT quite true of Arg1
Example: All args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Now , with the various " Occupy " movements , it is -LRB- or ought to be -RRB- obvious that a great many people are less than enchanted with capitalism and its expression in the idustrial democracies , as well as in the countries into which capitalists from the industrial democracies go to invest .
Arg1: a great many people
Rel: less
Arg2: than enchanted with capitalism and its expression in the idustrial democracies , as well as in the countries into which capitalists from the industrial democracies go to invest .