Predicate: decriminalize

Roleset id: decriminalize.01 , make into less of a crime (or not a crime), Source: , vncls: , framnet:

decriminalize.01: DECRIMINALIZE-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. No VNcls. (from decriminalize.01-v) DECRIMINALIZATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-6, decriminalize.01. (from decriminalization.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
decriminalize (v.)
decriminalization (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: Agent
        Arg1-PPT: (former) crime
        Arg2-DIR: start state
        Arg3-PRD: end state

Example: args 1,2,3

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        The commission also recommended [minor traffic offenses]-1 be decriminalized [*-1]from misdemeanors to civil offenses.

        Rel: decriminalized
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: from midemenors
        Arg3: to civil offenses

Example: Standard usage

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        I gott a suggestion : Try *PRO*-1 decriminalizing marijuana , and our prison populations will fall off immediately , and in a huge way .

        Arg0: *PRO*-1
        Rel: decriminalizing
        Arg1: marijuana

Example: args 0, 1

        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns

        Can this be attributed solely to their decriminalization of marijuana use?

        Arg0: their
        Rel: decriminalization
        Arg1: of marijuana use