cheapen
cheapen.01 - cause to lose value
CHEAPEN-V NOTES: Oddly, cheapen doesn't seem to mean"reduce in price", which wouldalso be a class 45.4 verb but with different PAS (requiring an EXT,start and end points). (from cheapen.01-v)Aliases:
cheapen (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing losing value
ARG2-MNR: instrument
ARG1-PPT: thing losing value
ARG2-MNR: instrument
just transitive
But `` on a new car , a rebate does n't work well '' because
itARG0
cheapensrel
the vehicle 's imageARG1
, contends Thomas D. Mignanelli , executive vice president of Nissan 's U.S. sales arm .ARG2
UnfortunatelyARGM-DIS
, the effectARG1
is cheapenedrel
by a ceiling dotted with too many stained - glass chandeliers and too much leaded glass in the wood partitions that define the dining roomsARG0
.cheap
cheap.02 - inexpensive, lacking in quality
CHEAP-J NOTES: Roleset based on instances in BOLT P01, parts 2,3. Framed by Claire. Based on verb frame, cheapen.01, but is only grammatical with arg1: thing that is cheap, cheapened, and the adjective can talk about prices of things being cheap, so this has an added arg3 for price itself. (from cheap.01-j)CHEAPER-J NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from cheaper.01-j)
Aliases:
cheaper (j.)
cheap (j.)
cheap (j.)
Roles:
ARG1-PPT: inexpensive thing
ARG3-VSP: cost of cheap thing
ARG3-VSP: cost of cheap thing
Args 1 & 3
99 pARG3
is way tooARGM-EXT
cheaprel
for thatARG1
.With it EXP
It was
cheaprel
for me to fly from Kampala to LondonARG1
.