Frames file for 'mute' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset mute.01 "to soften, quiet":
Roles:
Arg0:causer of quietness, agent
Arg1:entity muted
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: ns
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: infinitive
But President Bush is expected [*-1] to veto the congressional legislation and that , along with the easy approval of the Pennsylvania measure , is likely [*-2] to mute the abortion-rights activists ' claims of momentum and underline the challenges faced [*] by this resurgent movement .
Arg0:
[*-2] -> that
REL:
mute
Arg1:
the abortion-rights activists ' claims of momentum