Predicate: expurgate
Roleset id: expurgate.01 , expunge objectionable material from text, vncls: 10.4.1, framnet: Removing
expurgate.01: Roleset for 'expurgate' based on usages found in Internet usage and expansion in parallel with VerbNet. VerbNet class 10.4.1. Comparison to 'expunge.'
Roleset by Claire
Roles:
Arg0: Censor, person deleting/removing objectionable material (vnrole: 10.4.1-agent)
Arg1: Objectionable material being removed (vnrole: 10.4.1-theme)
Arg2: Source, entity arg 1 is removed from (vnrole: 10.4.1-source)
Example: Adjectival Usage
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
Whoever says such things must have read a very heavily expurgated version of the Old Testament.
Argm-mnr: heavily
Rel: expurgated
Arg1: version of the Old Testmant
Example: Transitive, with purpose
person: ns, tense: ns, aspect: ns, voice: ns, form: ns
[The publisher]-1 decided *PRO*-1 to expurgate the love scene from the book to make it more child-friendly.
Arg0: *PRO*-1
Rel: expurgate
Arg1: the love scene
Arg2: from the book
Argm-prp: to make it more child-friendly