Frames file for 'emasculate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset emasculate.01 "to weaken":
Roles:
Arg0:causer, agent
Arg1:entity emasculated
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
As partisans of congressional power understand , a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*] would emasculate the presidency and swallow the principle of separation of powers .
ArgM-ADV:
As partisans of congressional power understand
Arg0:
a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*]