Predicate: debate
Roleset id: debate.01 , to discuss or argue about, vncls: 36.1-1-1 36.3-2 37.6, framnet: Discussion
debate.01: Member of VNcls correspond-36.1-1-1, meet-36.3-2, chit_chat-37.6. Updated by Julia, 12/2010.
Roles:
Arg0: discussant(s), debater(s) (vnrole: 36.1-1-1-actor1, 36.3-2-actor1, 37.6-actor1)
Arg1: thing discussed (vnrole: 36.1-1-1-theme, 37.6-topic)
Arg2: person debated against (vnrole: 36.1-1-1-actor2, 36.3-2-actor2, 37.6-actor2)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
The Diet does n't normally even debate bills because the opposition parties are so often opposed to whatever LDP does that it would be a waste of time .
Arg0: The Diet
Argm-neg: n't
Argm-tmp: normally
Rel: debate
Arg1: bills
Argm-cau: because the opposition parties are so often opposed to whatever LDP does that it would be a waste of time
Example: meged debators
Sherman and Martha debate on foreign policy all the time
Arg0: Sherman and Martha
Rel: debate
Arg1: on foreign policy
Argm-tmp: all the time
Example: all args
Senator Rodam-Clinton will debate Governor Pataki on budget cuts
Arg0: Senator Rodam-Clinton
Argm-mod: will
Rel: debate
Arg2: Governor Pataki
Arg1: on budget cuts