Predicate: defuse
Roleset id: defuse.01 , render a bomb safe, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
defuse.01: DEFUSE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'defuse' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from defuse.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| defuse (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: defuser
Arg1-PPT: bomb
Example: straight transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
[Lawyers for dozens of insolvent savings and loan associations]-1 are trying a new tack in their efforts *trace*-1 to defuse suits filed by borrowers, developers and creditors.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: defuse
Arg1: suits filed by borrowers, developers and creditors
Example: with manner adverbial
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: infinitive
Earlier this week, [Dr. Sullivan]-1 tried *trace*-1 to defuse these charges by stressing that candidates to head the NIH and the CDC will be judged by ``standards of scientific and administrative excellence,'' not politics.
Arg0: *trace*
Rel: defuse
Arg1: these charges
ArgM-MNR: by stressing that candidates to head the NIH and the CDC will be judged by ``standards of scientific and administrative excellence,'' not politics