Predicate: abstain

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

Roleset id: abstain.01 , to refrain, vncls: 69, framnet: Forgoing

abstain.01: Member of Vncls refrain-69. FNcls Forgoing.

Roles:

        Arg0: entity abstaining (vnrole: 69-agent)
        Arg1: abstaining from (vnrole: 69-theme)

Example: both arguments

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

        The Soviet Union abstained from a U.N. General Assembly vote [0] [*T*-1] to reject Israel 's credentials .

        Arg0: The Soviet Union
        Rel: abstained
        Arg1: from a U.N. General Assembly vote [0] [*T*-1] to reject Israel 's credentials