Rolesets - verge

verge

verge.01 - to approach, come close to

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:

verge (v.)

Roles:

ARG1-PPT: entity verging
ARG2-GOL: entity coming close to

both arguments

ButARGM-DIS
in the week following the 1987 stock crashARGM-TMP
,
the exchangeARG1
vergedrel
on collapseARG2
, and the stock and futures markets in Hong Kong were closed for four days .