Predicate: emasculate

Roleset id: emasculate.01 , to weaken, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

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

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
emasculate (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causer, agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity emasculated (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: transitive

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

        As partisans of congressional power understand , a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*] would emasculate the presidency and swallow the principle of separation of powers .

        ArgM-ADV: As partisans of congressional power understand
        Arg0: a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*]
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: emasculate
        Arg1: the presidency