Roleset sever.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to divide or separate":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity severed

Examples:

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
The Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges are bracing for a turbulent separation , following Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin 's long-awaited announcement that the exchanges will sever ties .
Arg0:	the exchanges
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	sever
Arg1:	ties

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


passive participle (-)
They stopped short of [*] resuming diplomatic ties , severed [*] in 1979 .
REL:	severed
Arg1:	[*] -> diplomatic ties
ArgM-TMP:	in 1979