Predicate: abdicate

abdicate: Frames file for 'abdicate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus.

Roleset id: abdicate.01 , to relinquish (power or responsibility), vncls: 10.11, framnet: -

abdicate.01: Member of Vncls resign-10.11. No Framenet.

Roles:

        Arg0: abdicator, agent (vnrole: 10.11-agent)
        Arg1: responsibility (vnrole: 10.11-source)

Example: transitive

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

        By [*-1] ignoring costs , U.S. strategists abdicate their responsibility for hard decisions .

        Argm-mnr: By [*-1] ignoring costs
        Arg0: U.S. strategists
        Rel: abdicate
        Arg1: their responsibility for hard decisions