Rolesets - broaden

broaden

broaden.01 - (cause to) become broader, wider

BROADEN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'broaden' based on sentences in financial subcorpusand automatic expansion via verbnet. Comparison with 'narrow' and'widen'. (from broaden.01-v predicate notes)
BROADENING-N NOTES: (from broadening.01-n)

Aliases:

broaden (v.)
broadening (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent, causing broadening
ARG1-PPT: thing broadening
ARG2-EXT: EXT, amount broadened by
ARG3-DIR: start point
ARG4-GOL: end point

just transitive

Mr. Schwarz says
the competitionARG0
``
broadensrel
the base of opportunity for usARG1
. ''

ergative, start and end points

As a resultARGM-CAU
,
the group 's third - quarter lossARG1
broadenedrel
to $ 9.8 millionARG4
from the second quarter 's $ 3.6 millionARG3
.

ergative, with EXT

The uncertainty was multiplied by the persistent strength of the dollar , traders said , and by
the U.S. trade deficitARG1
,
whichR-ARG1
broadenedrel
by 31 %ARG2
in AugustARGM-TMP
from the previous monthARG3
.

broad

broad.02 - spanning a wide range

BROAD-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-6. Relation to broaden.01 (from broad.01-j)
BROADER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from broader.01-j)

Aliases:

broad (j.)
broader (j.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: broad thing
ARG2-VSP: specific aspect of arg1 that is broad (if in addition)

lexical comparative

Even if history repeats itself , Crack Shortbread still does not believe that China has any shortcut to take in the Sino - Russian relations and affairs , or *PRO* to be
broaderrel
, in the military development and the affairs of Central Asia .
ARG1: *PRO*

physical attribute

His shouldersARG1
were
broadrel
, his forearms were nearly as large as his upper arms and he had a thick neck , a barrel chest and a huge frame .

arg1

Despite the lack of geographic coverageARGM-ADV
,
the range of topicsARG1
was
broadrel

both args

the HOA 's suitARG1
was
broadrel
in its allegations and did assert fault on the part of , among others , " engineersARG2
.