Predicate: desalinate
desalinate: Frames file for 'desalinate' based on instances in Webtext 2.5-2. VerbNet entry 45.4. Comparison to 'demagnetize.'
Roleset id: desalinate.01 , remove salt from, vncls: 45.4, framnet:
desalinate.01: Created by Claire
Roles:
Arg0: cause of loss of salt, agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: patient, thing losing salt (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Example: simple transitive
...The uses of atomic energy have contributed to all areas of life and have positively affected economic and social growth in different countries of the world, wheter in *PRO* combating serious diseases, improving the quality of industrial and agricultural production, producing electricity, or desalinating water.
Arg0: *PRO*
Rel: desalinating
Arg1: water