Predicate: acquit

Frames file for 'acquit' based on sentences in wsj and automatic expansion via verbnet.

Roleset id: acquit.01 , relieve of guilt, vncls: 10.6

Roles:

        Arg0: remover of guilt
        Arg1: (un)guilty party
        Arg2: explicit mention of guilt

Example: intransitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        Ultimately, [that carefully picked jury]-1 deadlocked with a 10-2 vote
        *trace* *trace*-1 to acquit, and the prosecution decided not to
        retry the case.

        Arg0 : *trace*-1
        Rel : acquit

Example: passive transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        Although Mr. Hastings had been acquitted *trace* by a jury,
        lawmakers handling the prosecution in Congress had argued that the
        purpose of impeachment isn't to punish an individual.

        Rel : acquitted
        Arg1 : *trace* -> Mr. Hastings
        Arg0-by : a jury

Example: all args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Mr. Hastings's case was particularly nettlesome because it marked
        the first time a federal official was impeached and removed from
        office on charges of which a jury had acquitted him *trace*.

        Arg0 : a jury
        Rel : acquitted
        Arg1 : him
        Arg2 : *trace* -> of which -> charges