Predicate: abridge
Roleset id: abridge.01 , to cut short, Source: , vncls: , framnet: 
abridge.01: ABRIDGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'abridge' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from abridge.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet | 
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| abridge (v.) |  |  | 
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: causer  (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing abridged  (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Example: transitive
        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: participle
        `` 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