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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="solidify">
<note>
  Frames file for 'solidify' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus. 
</note>


<roleset id="solidify.01" name="to make solid, strong, or united" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="cause of solidification" n="0">
	<vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="entity made strong" n="1">
	<vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
 The additions solidify American 's position as the third-largest U.S. transatlantic carrier , behind PanAm Corp. 's Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines .
</text>
	<arg n="0">The additions</arg>
	<rel>solidify</rel>
	<arg n="1">American 's position as the third-largest U.S. transatlantic carrier , behind PanAm Corp. 's Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines</arg>
</example>



<example name="intransitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Now , however , as the court 's new five-member conservative majority continues [*-1] to solidify , victories for the liberals are rare .
</text>
	<arg n="1">[*-1] -&gt;  the court 's new five-member conservative majority</arg>
	<rel>solidify</rel>
</example>



</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
