Predicate: demean
Roleset id: demean.01 , to disgrace, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
demean.01: DEMEAN-V NOTES: No VNcls. (from demean.01-v)
Aliases:
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Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer of disgrace, agent
Arg1-PPT: entity demeaned
Example: transitive
person: third, tense: present, aspect: perfect, voice: active, form: participle
No , we ought to be mad because he-3 has demeaned the office we gave him , [*-3] enlisting it in the service of private gain , just as we ought to be mad that public officials lie through their teeth , play disingenuous games about their activities or , to steal a phrase , make public service a private trough .
Arg0: he
Rel: demeaned
Arg1: the office we gave him
Argm-adv: [*-3] enlisting it in the service of private gain