<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="hasten">
<note>
  Frames file for 'hasten' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus.
</note>

<roleset id="hasten.01" name="to speed up" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, causer" n="0"><vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing hastened" n="1"><vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
 I personally do not want [*-1] to hasten Mr. Lehman 's demise , but I can see him figuring prominently in his own article .
</text>
	<arg n="0">[*-1] -&gt;  I personally</arg>
	<rel>hasten</rel>
	<arg n="1">Mr. Lehman 's demise</arg>
</example>



</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
