Frames file for 'despair' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
corpus.
Roleset despair.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to give up hope":
Roles:
Arg0:experiencer
Arg1:entity despaired of
Examples:
transitive (-)
person: third
tense: present
aspect: ns
voice: active
form: full
In the play , the Duke of Vienna despairs over the licentiousness of his subjects and turns over the rule of the city to the puritanical Angelo , [*-1] hoping [0] he can set things right .