Frameset

Predicate disassociate:

Frames file for 'disassociate' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, but 'dissociate' (which means about the same thing) is in 23.1. This frames file is imported almost directly from dissociate.

Roleset disassociate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "un-associate":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of non-association, agent

Arg1:thing not associated

Arg2:separated from

Examples:

active

infinitive

oddly ergative (-)
`When an electric current is applied to the palladium and platinum electrodes, the heavy water did begin [*-3] to break up, or disassociate.`
Arg1:	[*-3] -> the heavy water
REL:	disassociate

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund
transitive (-)

It would go along [*-2] doing nothing but [*-3] disassociating the heavy water and then at totally unpredictable times, it would begin producing excess heat for as long as 10 or 11 hours before quieting down.

Arg0: [*-3] -> [*-2] -> It

REL: disassociating

Arg1: the heavy water

transitive (-)
`It would go along [-2] doing nothing but [-3] disassociating the heavy water and then at totally unpredictable times, it would begin producing excess heat for as long as 10 or 11 hours before quieting down.`
Arg0:	[-3] -> [-2] -> It
REL:	disassociating
Arg1:	the heavy water

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive
actually from disassociate (-)

``The market is beginning [*-1] to disassociate itself from Wall Street,'' said one New York trader.

Arg0: [*-1] -> The market

REL: disassociate

Arg1-REC: itself

Arg2-from: Wall Street

actually from disassociate (-)
``The market is beginning [*-1] to disassociate itself from Wall Street,'' said one New York trader.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> The market
REL:	disassociate
Arg1-REC:	itself
Arg2-from:	Wall Street

The first two usages seem to be specialized and mean something like 'fall apart'.