Roleset demote.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "diminish in rank":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of motion, employer


Arg1:thing in motion, employee


Arg2:destination, new job


Arg3:source, old job

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: both voice: passive form: participle


no agent (-)
The Volokhs were afraid that they'd end up like a friend of theirs who [*T*-1]'d applied for a visa and waited for 10 years, [*-2] having been demoted [*-3] from his profession of theoretical mathematician to shipping clerk.
REL:	demoted
Arg1:	[*-3] -> [*-2] -> [*T*-1] -> who -> a friend
Arg3-from:	his profession of theoretical mathematician
Arg2-to:	shipping clerk