Frameset - asphyxiate-v

Predicate: asphyxiate

asphyxiate: Frames file for 'asphyxiate' based on sentences in ECB. Verbnet classes 40.7 and 42.2; other framed members include choke, crucify, drown, hang, poison, stab, starve, suffocate. Comparison with 'suffocate'.

Roleset id: asphyxiate.01 , (cause to) not be able to breathe, vncls: 40.7 42.2, framnet:

asphyxiate.01: Frame created by Arrick

Roles:

        Arg0: cause of not-breathing (vnrole: 40.7-Agent, 42.2-Agent)
        Arg1: entity not breathing (vnrole: 40.7-Theme, 42.2-Patient)
        Arg2: instrument, if cause also present as arg0 (vnrole: 42.2-Instrument)

Example: arg 1 only

        She-1 had been sexually abused *-1 and asphyxiated *-1

        Rel: asphyxiated
        Arg1: *-1