<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="quicken">
<note>
  Frames file for 'quicken' based on sentences in wsj.  No access to
  Verbnet at the moment.
</note>

<roleset id="quicken.01" name="become faster" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="thing becoming faster" n="1"><vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
  <role descr="EXT" n="2"/>
  <role descr="old speed" n="3"/>
  <role descr="new speed" n="4"/>
</roles>

<example name="the quick and the dead">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Housing starts are expected [*] to quicken a bit from August's
    annual pace of 1,350,000 units. 
</text>
        <arg n="1">[*] -&gt;  Housing starts</arg>
        <rel>quicken</rel>
        <arg f="EXT" n="2">a bit</arg>
        <arg f="from" n="3">August's annual pace of 1,350,000 units</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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