Predicate: sever

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

Roleset id: sever.01 , to divide or separate, vncls: 23.1 10.1, framnet: -

sever.01: Member of Vncls separate-23.1, remove-10.1.

Roles:

        Arg0: causer (vnrole: 23.1-agent, 10.1-agent)
        Arg1: entity severed (vnrole: 23.1-patient, 10.1-theme)

Example: transitive

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

        The Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges are bracing for a turbulent separation , following Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin 's long-awaited announcement that the exchanges will sever ties .

        Arg0: the exchanges
        Argm-mod: will
        Rel: sever
        Arg1: ties

Example: passive participle

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

        They stopped short of [*] resuming [diplomatic ties]-1 , severed [*]-1 in 1979 .

        Rel: severed
        Arg1: [*]
        Argm-tmp: in 1979