Predicate: whitewash
Roleset id: whitewash.01 , paint with whitewash, vncls: 9.9, framnet: -
whitewash.01: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. Member of Vncls 9.9. Comparison to ?paint?. Roleset by Julia.
Roles:
Arg0: painter (vnrole: 9.9-agent)
Arg1: thing painted (vnrole: 9.9-destination)
Arg2: the whitewash (vnrole: 9.9-theme)
Example: All args
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They whitewashed the walls with lime.
Arg0: They
Rel: whitewashed
Arg1: the walls
Arg2: with lime.
Example: transitive with instrument
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
The squirrel has whitewashed the walls with his tail.
Arg0: The squirrel
Rel: has whitewashed
Arg1: the walls
Argm-mnr: with his tail.
Roleset id: whitewash.02 , exonerate, perhaps in a shady way, vncls: 10.6, framnet: -
whitewash.02: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. Member of Vncls 10.6. Comparison to ?unburden?. Roleset by Julia.
Roles:
Arg0: Agent or organization doing the whitewashing (vnrole: 10.6-agent)
Arg1: entity being exonerated (vnrole: 10.6-source)
Arg2: crimes (vnrole: 10.6-theme)
Example: Transitive
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Attorney General Holder just whitewashed the authors of the torture memos.
Arg0: Attorney General Holder
Argm-tmp: just
Rel: whitewashed
Arg1: the authors of the torture memos.
Example: Passive with theme
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[Assistant District Attorneys and favored law firms]-1 were also whitewashed *trace*-1 of crimes.
Arg1: *trace*-1: [Assistant District Attorneys and favored law firms]
Rel: [were] [whitewashed]
Argm-adv: also
Arg2: of crimes.
Example: with predication
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
They whitewashed him as an advocate of toleration.
Arg0: They
Rel: whitewashed
Arg1: him
Argm-prd: as an advocate of toleration.
Roleset id: whitewash.03 , cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error, vncls: , framnet: -
whitewash.03: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. No Vncls. Comparison to ?cover up?. Roleset by Julia.
Roles:
Arg0: Entity doing the covering up
Arg1: Thing being covered up
Example: Transitive with instrument
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
He hasn't whitewashed the truth with the typical right wing rhetoric.
Arg0: He
Rel: [has] [whitewashed]
Argm-neg: 'nt
Arg1: the truth
Argm-mnr: with the typical right wing rhetoric.