Roleset abate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to decrease, become less strong":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity decreased

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: progressive voice: active form: participle


intransitive (-)
Economists consider that a sign that inflationary pressures are abating .
Arg1:	inflationary pressures
REL:	abating

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


intransitive with adverbials (-)
What [*T*-1] 's more , the corporate borrowing binge has n't abated in the past two years .
Arg1:	the corporate borrowing binge
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	abated
ArgM-TMP:	in the past two years