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

<roleset id="form.01" name="create, make" vncls="26.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="creator" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="26.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing created" n="1">
	  <vnrole vncls="26.4" vntheta="Product"/></role>
  <role descr="source" n="2">
	  <vnrole vncls="26.4" vntheta="Material"/></role>
  <role descr="benefactive" n="3">
	  <vnrole vncls="26.4" vntheta="Beneficiary"/></role>
  <role descr="attribute of arg1" n="4"/>
</roles>

<example name="just transitive">
<text>
    Peter Drake, biotechnology analyst for Vector Securities
    International, Chicago, thinks market uncertainty may encourage
    small companies to form more strategic alliances with big
    corporations. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">small companies</arg>
        <rel>form</rel>
        <arg n="1">more strategic alliances with big corporations</arg>
</example>

<example name="passive, with source">
<text>
    NCNB Texas National, formed *trace* from the remnants of of the
    failed First RepublicBank Corp. of Dallas, contributed $76.9
    million to NCNB's bottom line in the third quarter. 
</text>
        <rel>formed</rel>
        <arg n="1">*trace* -&gt;  NCNB Texas National</arg>
        <arg f="from" n="2">the remnants of of the failed First
        RepublicBank Corp. of Dallas</arg> 
</example>

<note>
Other higher-#'d args may or may not occur.
</note>

</roleset>

<roleset id="form.02" name="comprise" vncls="48.1.1 48.1.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="components" n="0"><vnrole vncls="48.1.1" vntheta="Theme"/><vnrole vncls="48.1.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="whole" n="1"><vnrole vncls="48.1.1" vntheta="Location"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="cf. 'make up'">
<text>
    Commission income from domestic stock and bond sales accounts form
    a large portion of Japanese securities companies' earnings. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">Commission income from domestic stock and bond
        sales accounts</arg> 
        <rel>form</rel>
        <arg n="1">a large portion of Japanese securities companies'
        earnings</arg> 
</example>

<example name="comprise again">
  <inflection person="ns" tense="ns" aspect="ns" voice="active" form="infinitive"/>
  <text>
     The labels were breathy: ``Within its sheltering walls is a
     microcosm of a thousand years in garden design ... a rose garden,
     herb garden, serpentine garden, flower fields, an apple orchard
     ... organized in a patchwork of 50-by-50-foot squares [*] to form
     `rooms'... 
  </text>
  <arg n="0">[*] -&gt; a rose garden, herb garden, serpentine
  garden, flower fields, an apple orchard</arg> 
  <rel>form</rel>
  <arg n="1">rooms</arg>
</example>

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