Predicate: absent

absent: Frames file for 'absent' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: absent.01 , cause to be absent, vncls: , framnet: -

absent.01: No Verbnet entry. No FNcls.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer, agent
        Arg1: absent entity
        Arg2: absent from what

Example: actually a preposition here

        *If this rel appears in a PP node with no other primary preposition, it shouldn't be annotated. -> .ER.
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Absent other working capital, he said, the RTC would be forced to
        delay other thrift resolutions until cash could be raised by
        selling the bad assets.

        Rel: Absent
        Arg1: other working capital

Example: all args

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

        John absented himself from yet another Propbank meeting.

        Arg0: John
        Rel: absented
        Arg1-rec: himself
        Arg2: from yet another Propbank meeting