<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="deepen">
<note>
Frames file for 'deepen' based on sentences in wsj and automatic
expansion via verbnet.
</note>

<roleset id="deepen.01" name="make/become deeper" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
	<role descr="agent, causer of deepening" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

	<role descr="thing getting deeper" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="pro-agentive">
<inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
    But it does that at the cost of *trace* deepening the taxpayer's
    exposure if the FHA is forced to pay for more loans going sour. 
</text>
        <arg n="0"/>
        <rel>deepening</rel>
        <arg n="1">the taxpayer's exposure</arg>
        <arg f="ADV" n="M">if the FHA is forced to pay for more loans
        going sour</arg> 
</example>


<example name="ergative">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    UAL fell $6.25 a share to $191.75 on volume of 2.3 million shares
    in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange as concern
    deepened among takeover stock traders about the length of time it
    will take to revive the purchase. 
</text>
        <arg n="1">[ concern ] [about the length of time it will take
        to revive the purchase]</arg> 
        <rel>deepened</rel>
        <arg f="LOC" n="M">among takeover stock traders</arg>
</example>

<note>
EXT, start/end points?  I have no intuitions, and wsj doesn't provide
examples.  Bogus.
</note>

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