Predicate: asphyxiate
Roleset id: asphyxiate.01 , (cause to) not be able to breathe, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
asphyxiate.01: ASPHYXIATE-V NOTES: Frame created by Arrick (from asphyxiate.01-v) ASPHYXIATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, asphyxiate.01. Corresponds to VNcls poison-42.2, suffocate-40.7. (from asphyxiation.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
asphyxiate (v.) | | |
asphyxiation (n.) | | |
Roles:
        arg3 added due to noun-particular usage (differing from verb frame). (from asphyxiation.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: cause of not breathing (vnrole: 40.7-agent, 42.2-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: entity not breathing (vnrole: 40.7-theme, 42.2-patient)
        Arg2-MNR: instrument, if cause also present as arg0 (vnrole: 42.2-instrument)
        Arg3-VSP: aspect of arg1 actually suffocating
Example: arg 1 only
        She-1 had been sexually abused *-1 and asphyxiated *-1
        Rel: asphyxiated
        Arg1: *-1
Example: args 0, 1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        "Alford referred to his asphyxiation of Ms. Wortman as 'foreplay,'" the complaint states.
        Arg0: his
        Rel: asphyxiation
        Arg1: of Ms. Wortman
Example: arg1 and 3
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        All his melancholy, his misanthropy, his acidity of temperament, his rancor of soul, his asphyxiation of the spirit, were due to a simple error of refraction, that might have been adjusted by an itinerant optician.
        Arg1: his
        Rel: asphyxiation
        Arg3: of spirit