Predicate: verge
Roleset id: verge.01 , to approach, come close to, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
verge.01: VERGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'verge' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. Comparison with 'approach'. (from verge.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| verge (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg1-PPT: entity verging
Arg2-GOL: entity coming close to
Example: both arguments
person: ns, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
But in the week following the 1987 stock crash , the exchange verged on collapse , and the stock and futures markets in Hong Kong were closed [*-1] for four days .
Argm-dis: But
Argm-tmp: in the week following the 1987 stock crash
Arg1: the exchange
Rel: verged
Arg2: on collapse