Predicate: castrate

Roleset id: castrate.01 , Make weak, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

castrate.01: Roleset by Katie based on internet search, parallel expansion of verbnet, propbank, and sense grouping. Member of VNcls other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of weakening (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: thing weakened (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: Agentive example

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

        The senate castrated the law.

        Arg0: The senate
        Rel: castrated
        Arg1: the law

Example: transative example

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

        What was morality but an attempt [morality] to castrate the danger in which we live.

        Arg0: morality
        Rel: castrate
        Arg1: the danger in which we live.

Roleset id: castrate.02 , Edit to change indelicate parts, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

castrate.02: Roleset by Katie based on internet search, parallel expansion fo verbnet, propbank, and sense grouping. Vn class other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: editor (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: Thing edited (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: Transative example

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

        They castrated that novel.

        Arg0: They
        Rel: castrated
        Arg1: that novel.

Example: Example with purpose

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

        The story was castrated so as to be child friendly.

        Arg1: The story
        Rel: castrated
        Argm-prp: so as to be child friendly.

Roleset id: castrate.03 , literally remove overies or testicles., vncls: 45.4, framnet: -

castrate.03: Roleset by Katie based on internet search, parallel expansion of verbnet, propbank, and sense grouping. Verbnet class other_cos-45.4.

Roles:

        Arg0: Castrator (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
        Arg1: Spayed/neutered entity (vnrole: 45.4-patient)

Example: Agentive example

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

        The farmers castrated the bull calf.

        Arg0: The farmers
        Rel: castrated
        Arg1: the bull calf.

Example: Example with purpose

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

        Farmers castrate male lambs to avoid injuries due to fighting.

        Arg0: Farmers
        Rel: castrate
        Arg1: male lambs
        Argm-prp: to avoid injuries due to fighting.

Example: Example without arg 0

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

        A man who [a man] has been castrated is incapable of reproduction

        Arg1: a man
        Rel: castrated