Frameset - abdicate-v

Predicate: abdicate

Frames file for 'abdicate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: abdicate.01 , to relinquish (power or responsibility), vncls: 10.11

Roles:

Arg0: abdicator, agent
Arg1: responsibility

Example: transitive

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full

        By [*-1] ignoring costs , U.S. strategists abdicate their responsibility for hard decisions .

        ArgM-MNR : By [*-1] ignoring costs
        Arg0 : U.S. strategists
        Rel : abdicate
        Arg1 : their responsibility for hard decisions