Predicate: undermine

Roleset id: undermine.01 , weaken, not quantifiable, weaken from below, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

undermine.01: UNDERMINE-V NOTES: "Not quantifiable" means that undermine cannot take EXT, start or endpoint arguments, unlike weaken. (Although I think certain example sentences might completely undermine the argument about not taking EXT.)No Verbnet entry. Comparison with weaken. (from undermine.01-v)
       
        UNDERMINING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. No VNcls. (from undermining.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
undermining (n.)
undermine (v.)Subversion

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: causal agent
        Arg1-PPT: thing weakening

Example: active

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

        The index was under pressure for most of the morning over concerns that the effects of Tuesday night's major earthquake in the San Francisco area would undermine the U.S. market.

        Arg0: the effects of Tuesday night's major earthquake in the San Francisco area
        Argm-mod: would
        Rel: undermine
        Arg1: the U.S. market

Example: passive

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

        He argues that [efforts to firm up prices]-1 will be undermined *trace*-1 by producers' plans to expand production capacity.

        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: undermined
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg0: by producers' plans to expand production capacity

Example: arg1 and MNR

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

        Progressives should be against de-funding and undermining of social security , in whatever form it takes .

        Rel: undermining
        Arg1: of social security
        Argm-mnr: in whatever form it takes

Roleset id: undermine.02 , surgically seperate from underlying structure, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

undermine.02: UNDERMINING-N NOTES: Based on Thyme and Sharp data. Comparison to separate.01. Separate.01 is a member of VN classes separate-23.1-2, remove-10.1, and classify -29.10. Framed by Katie. (from undermining.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
undermining (n.)
undermine (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity causing seperation
        Arg1-PPT: thing being divided
        Arg2-DIR: source, separated from

Example: args 1 and 2

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

        extensive undermining of skin from the gland

        Argm-ext: extensive
        Rel: undermining
        Arg1: of the skin
        Arg2: from the gland