Roleset emasculate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to weaken":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, agent


Arg1:entity emasculated

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
As partisans of congressional power understand , a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*] would emasculate the presidency and swallow the principle of separation of powers .
ArgM-ADV:	As partisans of congressional power understand
Arg0:	a `` power of the purse '' so broadly construed [*]
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	emasculate
Arg1:	the presidency