Predicate: demote
Roleset id: demote.01 , diminish in rank, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
demote.01: DEMOTE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'demote' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from demote.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| demote (v.) | | |
| demotion (n.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer of motion, employer
Arg1-PPT: thing in motion, employee
Arg2-GOL: destination, new job
Arg3-DIR: source, old job
Example: no agent
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: both, voice: passive, form: participle
The Volokhs were afraid that they'd end up like a friend of theirs who [*T*-1]-2'd applied for a visa and waited for 10 years, [*-2]-3 having been demoted [*-3] from his profession of theoretical mathematician to shipping clerk.
Rel: demoted
Arg1: [*-3]
Argm-rcl: who -> a friend
Arg3: from his profession of theoretical mathematician
Arg2: to shipping clerk