Predicate: kowtow
Roleset id: kowtow.01 , to kneel or fawn, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
kowtow.01: KOWTOW-V NOTES: Frames file for 'kowtow' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from kowtow.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| kowtow (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: subservient entity
Arg1-PPT: entity kowtowed to
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: infinitive
The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ; journalists-1 would be obliged [*-1] to kowtow to their government , which [*T*-28]would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*] to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas .
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: kowtow
Arg1: to their government , which [*T*-28] would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties [*]to block printing of `` wrong '' ideas