Predicate: emasculate

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

Roleset id: emasculate.01 , to weaken, vncls: 45.4, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: causer, agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
        Arg1: entity emasculated (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)

Example: transitive

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

        As partisans of congressional power understand , a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*] would emasculate the presidency and swallow the principle of separation of powers .

        ArgM-ADV: As partisans of congressional power understand
        Arg0: a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*]
        ArgM-MOD: would
        Rel: emasculate
        Arg1: the presidency