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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="characterize">
<note>
  Frames file for 'characterize' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  No verbnet entry.  Comparison with 'describe'.
</note>

<roleset id="characterize.01" name="assign a label or attribute" vncls="29.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="describer" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="thing described" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>

  <role descr="secondary attribute, described-as" n="2">
		
  <vnrole vncls="29.2" vntheta="Predicate"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="typical transitive">
<text>
    William R. Laidig, Nekoosa's chairman, chief executive officer and president, characterized the $58-a-share bid as ``uninvited.''
</text>
        <arg n="0">William R. Laidig, Nekoosa's chairman, chief
        executive officer and president,</arg> 
        <rel>characterized</rel>
        <arg n="1">the $58-a-share bid</arg>
        <arg f="as" n="2">`` uninvited ''</arg>
</example>

<example name="lacking attribute">
<text>
    Anheuser noted that ``beer industry sales volume in 1989 is following the trend that has characterized the last half of the '80s.
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  that -&gt;  the trend</arg>
        <rel>characterized</rel>
        <arg n="1">the last half of the '80s</arg>
</example>

<note>
Latter could be considered a different roleset/sense.
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
