Frameset - assassinate-v

Predicate: assassinate

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

Roleset id: assassinate.01 , to murder, vncls: 42.1, framnet: Killing

assassinate.01: Member of Vncls murder-42.1.

Roles:

Arg0: assassin, agent (vnrole: 42.1-agent)
Arg1: person assassinated (vnrole: 42.1-patient)

Example: transitive

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

        As recounted in a stipulation that summarized government documents released for the North trial , [Mr. Noriega]*-2 offered *PRO*-2 to assassinate the Sandinista leadership in exchange `` for a promise to help clean up Noriega 's image and a commitment to lift the U.S. ban on military sales to the Panamanian Defense Forces . ''

        Arg0: *PRO*-2
        Rel: assassinate
        Arg1: the Sandinista leadership
        Argm-prp: in exchange " for a promise to help clean up Noriaga's image and a commitment to lift the U.S. ban on military sales to the Panamanian Defense Forces . "

Example: passive

        person: ns, tense: past, aspect: perfect, voice: passive, form: participle

        [Mrs. Gandhi]*-1 had been assassinated [*-1] by separatist Sikhs , and many Indians feared their country might split apart .

        Rel: assassinated
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by separatist Sikhs