Predicate: disassociate

disassociate: Frames file for 'disassociate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, but 'dissociate' (which means about the same thing) is in 23.1. This frames file is imported almost directly from dissociate.

Roleset id: disassociate.01 , un-associate, vncls: 23.1, framnet:

disassociate.01: The first two usages seem to be specialized and mean something like 'fall apart'.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer of non-association, agent (vnrole: 23.1-Agent)
        Arg1: thing not associated (vnrole: 23.1-Patient1)
        Arg2: separated from (vnrole: 23.1-Patient2)

Example: oddly ergative

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

        When an electric current is applied to the palladium and platinum
        electrodes, [the heavy water]-3 did begin [*-3] to break up, or
        disassociate.

        Arg1: [*-3]
        Rel: disassociate

Example: transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: gerund

        It-2 would go along [*-2]-3 doing nothing but [*-3] disassociating the
        heavy water and then at totally unpredictable times, it would
        begin producing excess heat for as long as 10 or 11 hours before
        quieting down.

        Arg0: [*-3]
        Rel: disassociating
        Arg1: the heavy water

Example: actually from disassociate

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

        ``[The market]-1 is beginning [*-1] to disassociate itself from Wall
        Street,'' said one New York trader.

        Arg0: [*-1]
        Rel: disassociate
        Arg1-REC: itself
        Arg2: from Wall Street