Predicate: widen

Roleset id: widen.01 , make wider, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

widen.01: WIDEN-V NOTES: Verbnet entry other_cos-45.4 (other causative), many other framed members. Framenet entry Expansion. Comparison with other verbs of quantifiable change. (from widen.01-v) WIDENING-N NOTES: (from widening.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
widening (n.)
widen (v.)Cause_expansion

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causal agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing becoming wider (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
        Arg2-EXT: EXT
        Arg3-DIR: start point
        Arg4-GOL: end point

Example: ergative, start and end points

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

        As a result, the group's third-quarter loss widened to $9.8 million from the second quarter's $3.6 million.

        Argm-cau: As a result
        Arg1: the group's third-quarter loss
        Rel: widened
        Arg4: to $9.8 million
        Arg3: from the second quarter's $3.6 million

Example: ergative, with EXT

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

        The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the dollar, traders said, and by the U.S. trade deficit, which *trace* widened by 31% in August from the previous month.

        Argm-rcl: which -> the U.S. trade deficit
        Arg1: *trace* (= which)
        Rel: widened
        Arg2: by 31%
        Argm-tmp: in August
        Arg3: from the previous month

Example: with agent

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

        John widened his girth.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: widened
        Arg1: his girth

Example: This is cause rather than arg 0 because the widening is a reaction to the pain rather than the pain actually making the gait wide

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

        some widening of his gait due to right knee discomfort

        Rel: widening
        Arg1: of his gait
        Argm-cau: due to right knee discomfort


Predicate: wide

Roleset id: wide.02 , spanning a great breadth, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

wide.02: WIDE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-2,3. Comparison to 'broad.01'. (from wide.01-j) WIDER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from wider.01-j)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
wider (j.)
wide (j.)Dimension
width (n.)

Roles:

        Arg1-PPT: wide entity
        Arg2-VSP: specific aspect of arg1 that is wide (if in addition)

Example: arg1, CXN

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

        Now the wrist units at the local drugstores come with a read - out box that-1 [*-1] is too wide for my 5 1 / 2 inch wrist .

        Arg1: [*-1]
        Argm-cxn: [too][for my 5 1/2 inch wrist]
        Rel: wide

Example: with EXT

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

        I am able to do it , but watching this video scared me . One woman in the video was actually eight feet wide when she got help .

        Arg1: One woman in the video
        Argm-adv: actually
        Argm-ext: eight feet
        Rel: wide
        Argm-tmp: when she got help