Predicate: debate

Roleset id: debate.01 , to discuss or argue about, vncls: 36.1 36.3-2

Roles:

        Arg0: discussant(s), debater(s)
        Arg1: thing discussed
        Arg2: person debated against

Example: transitive

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

        The Diet does n't normally even debate bills because the opposition parties are so often [*ICH*-3] opposed to whatever LDP does [*T*-2] that it would be a waste of time .

        Arg0 : The Diet
        ArgM-NEG : n't
        ArgM-TMP : normally
        Rel : debate
        Arg1 : bills
        ArgM-CAU : because the opposition parties are so often [*ICH*-3] opposed to whatever LDP does [*T*-2] that it would be a waste of time

Example: meged debators

        Sherman and Martha debate on foreign policy all the time

        Arg0 : Sherman and Martha
        Rel : debate
        Arg1 : foreign policy
        ArgM-TMP : all the time

Example: all args

        Senator Rodam-Clinton will debate Governor Pataki on budget cuts

        Arg0 : Senator Rodam-Clinton
        ArgM-MOD : will
        Rel : debate
        Arg1 : on budget cuts
        Arg2 : Governor Pataki