Roleset abridge.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to cut short":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing abridged

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
`` The First Amendment proscribes the government from [*-2] passing laws abridging the right to free speech , '' Judge Donald O'Brien ruled [*T*-1] .
Arg0:	laws
REL:	abridging
Arg1:	the right to free speech