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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="contract">
<note>
  Frames file for 'contract' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  Verbnet entry 45.4 (other causative), zillions of other
  framed members.  No Framenet entry.  Comparison with verbs of
  quantifiable rising and falling.
</note>

<roleset id="contract.01" name="get smaller" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="thing getting smaller" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>

  <role descr="EXT" n="2"/>
  <role descr="start point" n="3"/>
  <role descr="end point" n="4"/>
</roles>

<example name="all args">
  <text>
    John's portion of the birthday cake contracted dramatically, from
    more than half to mere crumbs.
  </text>
  <arg n="1">John's portion of the birthday cake</arg>
  <rel>contracted</rel>
  <arg f="MNR" n="2">dramatically</arg>
  <arg f="from" n="3">more than half</arg>
  <arg f="to" n="4">mere crumbs</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>




</predicate>

<predicate lemma="contract_out">


</predicate>
</frameset>
