Frameset - defy-v

Predicate: defy

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

Roleset id: defy.01 , to oppose, resist, or refuse, vncls: , framnet: -

defy.01: Comparison with 'oppose'. No VNcls.

Roles:

Arg0: defiant one, agent
Arg1: entity defied

Example: transitive

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

        Four years ago , he jailed all nine members of the Cambria County School Board for several hours after they defied his order to extend the school year by several weeks to make up for time lost during a teachers ' strike .

        Arg0: they
        Rel: defied
        Arg1: his order to extend the school year by several weeks to make up for time lost during a teachers ' strike

Example: inanimate subject

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

        The move defied a law , approved in Moscow this month , banning such walkouts .

        Arg0: The move
        Rel: defied
        Arg1: a law , approved in Moscow this month , banning such walkouts