Frameset - legitimize-v

Predicate: legitimize

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

Roleset id: legitimize.01 , to make legal or valid, vncls: , framnet:

Roles:

Arg0: cause of legitimacy
Arg1: entity legitimized

Example: transitive

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

        `` I believe [0] it will do more damage than good because it will legitimize people like Daniel Ortega , '' says [*T*-2] Curtin Windsor , who [*T*-1] served as U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica during the Reagan administration .

        Arg0: it
        ArgM-MOD: will
        Rel: legitimize
        Arg1: people like Daniel Ortega

Example: adjectival participle

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

        There , [Mr. Shevardnadze]-1 felt legitimized [*-1] to unveil his own peace plan : The U.S.S.R. would prolong a suspension of arms shipments to Nicaragua after the February election if the U.S. did likewise with its allies in Central America .

        Arg1: [*-1] to unveil his own peace plan
        Rel: legitimized