Predicate: veto

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

Roleset id: veto.01 , to forbid or prevent, vncls: -

Roles:

        Arg0: agent, causer
        Arg1: entity vetoed
        Arg2: attribute

Example: transitive

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

        During the coming weeks , [President Bush]-1 must decide whether [*]-1 to veto the bills containing them -- or , alternatively , [*] to sign these bills into law with a statement declaring their intrusions on executive power to be in violation of Article II , and thus void and severable .

        Arg0 : [*]
        Rel : veto
        Arg1 : the bills containing them

Example: intransitive

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

        Article I , Section 7 , Clause 3 says that whether it 's called [*-1] an `` order , resolution or vote '' or anything else , [Presidents]-1 must have the chance [*]-1 to veto .

        Arg0 : [*]
        Rel : veto

Example: with attribute

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

        President Reagan vetoed this as a First Amendment violation .

        Arg0 : President Reagan
        Rel : vetoed
        Arg1 : this
        Arg2 : as a First Amendment violation