Roleset absent.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be absent":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, agent


Arg1:absent entity


Arg2:absent from what

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns


actually a preposition here (-)
Absent other working capital, he said, the RTC would be forced to delay other thrift resolutions until cash could be raised by selling the bad assets.
REL:	Absent
Arg1:	other working capital

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
John absented himself from yet another Propbank meeting.
Arg0:	John
REL:	absented
Arg1-REC:	himself
Arg2-from:	yet another Propbank meeting