<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="toughen">
<note>
  Frames file for 'toughen' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 45.4.
</note>

<roleset id="toughen.01" name="make/be tough" vncls="45.4">
<roles>
  <role descr="cause of toughness, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="thing getting tough" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="45.4" vntheta="Patient"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="agentive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    The White House has likewise avoided any involvement in Florida's
    recent special legislative session on abortion, which
    anti-abortion forces had regarded as a key test of their ability
    to get state lawmakers to toughen abortion restrictions. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">state lawmakers</arg>
        <rel>toughen</rel>
        <arg n="1">abortion restrictions</arg>
</example>

<note>
could occur as ergative?
</note>

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