Predicate: streamline
Roleset id: streamline.01 , make smoother, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
streamline.01: STREAMLINE-V NOTES: Tracing gets weird; don't be afraid to leave arg0 as just a trace. (from streamline.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| streamline (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause of smoothness
Arg1-PPT: thing becoming smoother
Example: oddly intransitive/middle voice
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: ns, form: participle
The British parent is also streamlining: Brooks Brothers, which continues to make almost all of its merchandise, recently shut one of its two shirt plants in Paterson, N.J., and has closed boys' departments in all but 20 stores.
Arg0: The British parent
ArgM-DIS: also
Rel: streamlining
Example: normally transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
But [Mr. Luzon]-1 has moved swiftly *trace*-1 to streamline bureaucracy, cut costs, increase capital and build up new areas of business.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: streamline
Arg1: bureaucracy