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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="position">
<note>
  Frames file for 'position' based on sentences in financial
  subcorpus.  No access to verbnet.  Comparison to 'set' and 'call'.
</note>

<roleset id="position.01" name="put in a particular location, or describe" vncls="9.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="agent, putter" n="0">
	  <vnrole vncls="9.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing positioned, often REC" n="1">
	  <vnrole vncls="9.1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="location or position, or attribute of arg1" n="2">
	  <vnrole vncls="9.1" vntheta="Destination"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="verbal">
<text>
    One investment banker said Mr. Steinberg may be trying *trace* to
    position himself as a friendly investor who could help UAL
    Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management bid. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  Mr. Steinberg</arg>
        <rel>position</rel>
        <arg f="TMP" n="1">himself</arg>
        <arg f="as" n="2">a friendly investor who could help UAL
        Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management
        bid</arg> 
</example>

<example name="adjectival, sorta">
<text>
    He attributed the unusually high volume to broad-based selling on
    fears that the Thatcher government may be in turmoil and Britain's
    Labor Party positioned *trace* to regain control of the government
    and renew efforts at nationalization. 
</text>
        <rel>positioned</rel>
        <arg n="1">*trace* -&gt;  Britain's Labor Party</arg>
        <arg n="2">to regain control of the government and
        renew efforts at nationalization</arg> 
</example>

<note>
The latter example actually effectively has S[ NP[ Britain's Labor
Party] VP[ regain control...]].  Damn those ECM verbs already!
</note>

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