Frameset - pardon-v

Predicate: pardon

Frames file for 'pardon' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 10.6, which doesn't seem quite right.

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

Roles:

Arg0: pardoner
Arg1: guilty party

Example: transitive

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

        Under the guise of ``healing the wounds of the nation,'' President
        Carter pardoned thousands of draft evaders, thus giving dignity to
        their allegations of the war's ``immorality.''

        ArgM-LOC : Under the guise of ``healing the wounds of the nation
        Arg0 : President Carter
        Rel : pardoned
        Arg1 : thousands of draft evaders
        ArgM-ADV : thus giving dignity to their allegations of the war's ``immorality

Roleset id: pardon.02 , social construct, vncls: -

Roles:

Example: lacking social mores

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

        "Pardon me," John said after emitting a thunderclap-like belch at
        the dinner table.


        Rel : pardon