Frames file for 'blunt' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset blunt.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make less effective":
Roles:
Arg0:causer of bluntness, agent
Arg1:entity becoming blunt
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: ns
tense: past
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
Dr. Toseland , a toxicologist , said [0] he was preparing an article for a British forensic medical journal [*-2] raising the possibility that the deaths may have occurred after human insulin blunted critical warning signs indicating hypoglycemia , or low blood sugar , which [*T*-1] can kill diabetics .
Arg0:
human insulin
REL:
blunted
Arg1:
critical warning signs indicating hypoglycemia , or low blood sugar , which [*T*-1] can kill diabetics