Predicate: retract

Roleset id: retract.01 , to take back, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

retract.01: RETRACT-V NOTES: Corresponds to VN Class remove-10.1. (from retract.01-v) RETRACTION-N NOTES: (from retraction.01-n) RETRACTING-N NOTES: retract.01 (from retracting.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
retracting (n.)
retraction (n.)
retract (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: taker back, agent (vnrole: 10.1-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: thing retracted (vnrole: 10.1-Theme)

Example: transitive

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

        When the pilots refused [*T*-1] , the company retracted it .

        Argm-tmp: When the pilots refused [*T*-1]
        Arg0: the company
        Rel: retracted
        Arg1: it

Example: Arg0,1

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

        His retraction of the libel came too late.

        Arg0: His
        Rel: retraction
        Arg1: of the libel

Example: Arg0,1, metaphorical

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

        I am going to Beauchamp, in whose journal the paragraph appears, and I shall insist on his retracting the assertion before two witnesses.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: retracting
        Arg1: the assertion
        Argm-loc: before two witnesses

Example: Arg1, concrete/physical

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

        The locks hold the gear in the desired position, and the safety switch prevents accidental retracting of the gear when the aircraft is resting on its wheels.

        Argm-adj: accidental
        Rel: retracting
        Arg1: of the gear