Predicate: emasculate
Roleset id: emasculate.01 , to weaken, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
emasculate.01: EMASCULATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'emasculate' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from emasculate.01-v predicate notes)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
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| emasculate (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: causer, agent (vnrole: 45.4-Agent)
Arg1-PPT: entity emasculated (vnrole: 45.4-Patient)
Example: transitive
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
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