Predicate: mortify

mortify: Frames file for 'mortify' based on internet usage examples, expansion via VN. Verbnet entry 31.1. Comparison with shame.

Roleset id: mortify.01 , to greatly shame, embarrass; to punish one's own self or body, vncls: 31.1, framnet:

Roles:

        Arg0: Cause of mortification (vnrole: 31.1-Cause)
        Arg1: entity mortified (vnrole: 31.1-Experiencer)
        Arg2: Instrument or Manner if separate from arg 0

Example: Passive

        I'm-1 mortified *-1 to admit that Gary Glitter came into my head instead!

        Rel: mortified
        Arg1: *-1
        Arg0: to admit that Gary Glitter came into my head instead!

Example: Religious

        We cannot mortify sin till we be in Christ; he is our sanctification.

        Arg0: We
        ArgM-MOD: can
        ArgM-NEG: not
        Rel: mortify
        Arg1: sin
        ArgM-TMP: till we be in Christ