Predicate: exonerate

Roleset id: exonerate.01 , to free from blame or a responsibility, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

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

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
exonerate (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-CAU: freer from blame, agent (vnrole: 80-cause)
        Arg1-DIR: entity exonerated (vnrole: 80-source)
        Arg2-PPT: responsibility or blame (vnrole: 80-theme)

Example: with Arg2-as

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

        They noted that studies completed [*] after the 1987 crash exonerated program trading as a source of volatility .

        Arg0: studies completed [*] after the 1987 crash
        Rel: exonerated
        Arg1: program trading
        Arg2: as a source of volatility

Example: with Arg-from

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

        Italian papers speculated [0] the briefcase contained papers either exonerating the Vatican bank from blame in the scandal , or showing that the bank , known [*]as the Istituto per le Opere di Religione , channeled funds to East bloc groups such as Solidarity in Poland .

        Arg0: papers
        Rel: exonerating
        Arg1: the Vatican bank
        Arg2: from blame in the scandal