<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="straddle">
<note>
  Frames file for 'straddle' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet
  entries 47.6, 50, 47.8.
</note>

<roleset id="straddle.01" name="(come to) be astride" vncls="47.6 50 47.8">
<roles>
  <role descr="thing astride" n="0"><vnrole vncls="47.6" vntheta="Theme"/><vnrole vncls="47.8" vntheta="Theme1"/><vnrole vncls="50" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="astride what, location" n="1"><vnrole vncls="47.6" vntheta="Location"/><vnrole vncls="47.8" vntheta="Theme2"/><vnrole vncls="50" vntheta="Location"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="one example will do">
<inflection aspect="progressive" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="active"/>
<text>
    Sitting in one of Mr. Palmer's chairs, which cost $425 and have
    since been copied by others, is a bit like [*] straddling a recliner.
</text>
        <arg n="0">[*]</arg>
        <rel>straddling</rel>
        <arg n="1">a recliner</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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