Predicate: suffocate
Roleset id: suffocate.01 , (cause to) not be able to breathe, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
suffocate.01: SUFFOCATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'suffocate' based on sentences in brown. (from suffocate.01-v predicate notes) SUFFOCATION-N NOTES: (from suffocation.01-n)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| suffocation (n.) | | |
| suffocate (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: cause of not-breathing
Arg1-PPT: entity not breathing
Arg2-MNR: instrument, if cause also present as arg0
Example: nominal with all args
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: gerund
Like Eliot, in my fantasies, I had a proud bearing and, with a skill that was vaguely continental, I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits, would guide her gently to the night's climax which, in my dreams, was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep, moist kisses burning with love.
Arg0: our
Argm-ext: almost
Rel: suffocating
Arg1-rec: one another
Argm-prd: to death
Arg2: with deep, moist kisses burning with love
Example: verbal
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
[It]-1 crawled across her breasts, [*-1]suffocating the life in her nipples.
Arg0: [*-1]
Rel: suffocating
Arg1: the life in her nipples