Predicate: duck

Roleset id: duck.01 , to evade a responsibility or an object, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

duck.01: DUCK-V NOTES: Frames file for 'duck' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from duck.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
duck (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: evader (vnrole: 52-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: responsibility (vnrole: 52-Theme)

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: infinitive

        [Drug makers]-2 should n't be able [*-2]to duck liability because people could n't identify precisely which identical drug [*T*-3] was used [*-1] .

        Arg0: [*-2]
        Rel: duck
        Arg1: liability
        ArgM-CAU: because people could n't identify precisely which identical drug [*T*-3] was used [*-1]

Example: intransitive

        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        He evades and ducks .

        Arg0: He
        Rel: ducks

Example: Actual Object

        I ducked under a boulder, and he never sensed me.

        Arg0: I
        Rel: ducked
        ArgM-DIR: under a boulder