Predicate: prosecute

prosecute: Frames file for 'prosecute' based on sentences in wsj.

Roleset id: prosecute.01 , try a case, offensively, vncls: 33, framnet:

prosecute.01: These two examples demonstrate the interchangeability of the case and the person in that case. VN class judgment-33.

Roles:

        Arg0: prosecutor (vnrole: 33-agent)
        Arg1: case, or defendant of that case (vnrole: 33-theme)
        Arg2: law justifying case, prosecuted for what? (vnrole: 33-predicate)

Example: prosecute a case

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

        [The units]-1 are autonomous from U.S. attorneys' offices and focus
        exclusively on *trace*-1 prosecuting organized-crime cases.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Rel: prosecuting
        Arg1: organized-crime cases

Example: prosecute a person

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Opponents say Mr. Thornburgh's plan will needlessly break up
        longtime, tightly knit crime-fighting units that *traec* have
        successfully prosecuted major organized-crime figures.

        Arg0: *trace*
        Argm-rcl: that -> longtime, tightly knit crime-fighting units
        Argm-mnr: successfully
        Rel: prosecuted
        Arg1: major organized-crime figures

Example: with law

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

        [Mrs. Yeargin]-1 was fired and prosecuted *trace*-1 under an unusual
        South Carolina law that makes it a crime to breach test security.

        Rel: prosecuted
        Arg1: *trace*
        Arg2: under an unusual South Carolina law that makes it a crime to breach test security