Predicate: expurgate

Roleset id: expurgate.01 , expunge objectionable material from text, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

expurgate.01: EXPURGATE-V NOTES: Roleset for 'expurgate' based on usages found in Internet usage and expansion in parallel with VerbNet. VerbNet class 10.4.1. Comparison to 'expunge.' Roleset by Claire (from expurgate.01-v)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
expurgate (v.)Removing

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Censor, person deleting/removing objectionable material (vnrole: 10.4.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: Objectionable material being removed (vnrole: 10.4.1-Theme)
        Arg2-DIR: Source, entity arg 1 is removed from (vnrole: 10.4.1-Source)

Example: Adjectival Usage

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

        Whoever says such things must have read a very heavily expurgated version of the Old Testament.

        Argm-mnr: heavily
        Rel: expurgated
        Arg1: version of the Old Testmant

Example: Transitive, with purpose

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

        [The publisher]-1 decided *PRO*-1 to expurgate the love scene from the book to make it more child-friendly.

        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: expurgate
        Arg1: the love scene
        Arg2: from the book
        Argm-prp: to make it more child-friendly