Predicate: defund

Roleset id: defund.01 , take away funding, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

defund.01: DEFUND-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, comparison to 'fund'. No VNcls. (from defund.01-v) DEFUNDING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, defund.01. No VNcls. (from defunding.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
defunding (n.)
defund (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: entity taking away funding (agent)
        Arg1-DIR: entity losing funding
        Arg2-PPT: money, funds removed

Example: args 0, 1

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

        You are unwitting participants to the oldest Shock Doctrine trick in the book - defund popular social programs so that eventually they become dysfunctional and that 's used as an excuse to get rid of or privatize it .

        Arg0: *PRO*
        Rel: defund
        Arg1: popular social programs
        Argm-prp: so that eventually they become dysfunctional and that's used as an excuse to get rid of or privateize it

Example: arg1

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

        Progressives should be against de-funding and undermining of social security , in whatever form it takes .

        Rel: de-funding
        Arg1: of social security
        Argm-adj: in whatever form it takes