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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="explore">
<note>
  Frames file for 'explore' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  No access to verbnet.  No comparison.
</note>

<roleset id="explore.01" name="explore, discover new places or things" vncls="35.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="explorer" n="0">
		
  <vnrole vncls="35.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>

  <role descr="thing (place, stuff) explored" n="1">
		
  <vnrole vncls="35.4" vntheta="Location"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="exploring options">
<text>
    The action followed by one day an Intelogic announcement that it
    will retain an investment banker *trace* to explore alternatives
    ``to maximize shareholder value,'' including the possible sale of
    the company. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  an investment banker</arg>
        <rel>explore</rel>
        <arg n="1">alternatives ``to maximize shareholder value,''
        including the possible sale of the company</arg> 
</example>

<note>
They pretty much all look about like that.
</note>

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