Frameset - dissipate-v

Predicate: dissipate

dissipate: Frames file for 'dissipate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4.

Roleset id: dissipate.01 , become undense, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: cause of dissipation (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1: thing becoming undense (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: usually ergative

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

        But Darman suggests such tensions will dissipate quickly.

        Arg1: such tensions
        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: dissipate
        ArgM-MNR: quickly

Example: non-agentive arg0

        person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle

        [The tremendous energy of the quake]-1 was dissipated [*-1] by the
        distance, so that most parts of the valley and the major cities
        suffered largely cosmetic damage -- broken windows, falling brick
        and cornices, buckled asphalt or sidewalks.

        Rel: dissipated
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg0: by the distance
        ArgM-ADV: so that most parts of the valley and the major cities suffered largely cosmetic damage -- broken windows, falling brick and cornices, buckled asphalt or sidewalks