Predicate: imprison

Roleset id: imprison.01 , throw in jail, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

imprison.01: IMPRISON-V NOTES: Frames file for 'imprision' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry, probably should be in 9.10. (from imprison.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
imprison (v.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: court, judge, jury (vnrole: 9.10-agent)
        Arg1-PPT: criminal (vnrole: 9.10-theme)
        Arg2-EXT: term
        Arg3-CAU: cause, misdeed

Example: active transitive

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: progressive,  voice: active,  form: participle

        And in a case filed in federal court in August, a lawyer is arguing that Missouri authorities are wrongfully imprisoning the fetus of a pregnant woman who is in jail for theft and forgery.

        Arg0: Missouri authorities
        Argm-mnr: wrongfully
        Rel: imprisoning
        Arg1: the fetus of a pregnant woman who is in jail for theft and forgery

Example: passive transitive

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        In the port of Berbera, for example, [hundreds of men of the rival Issak clan]-2 were rounded up in May 1988, imprisoned [*-2], and then taken out at night in groups of five to 50 men to be executed without any judicial process whatsoever.

        Argm-loc: In the port of Berbera
        Argm-dis: for example
        Rel: imprisoned
        Arg1: [*-2]

Example: with term

        person: ns,  tense: present,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle

        If convicted, he-1 could be imprisoned [*-1] for up to 10 years and fined $250,000.

        Argm-adv: If convicted
        Argm-mod: could
        Rel: imprisoned
        Arg1: [*-1]
        Arg2: for up to 10 years

Example: with crime

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

        [*-2]-3 Imprisoned [*-3]by the Nazis during World War II for his political beliefs, [Mr. Honecker]-2 typified the postwar generation of committed Communist leaders in Eastern Europe who took their cues from Moscow.

        Rel: Imprisoned
        Arg0: by the Nazis
        Argm-tmp: during World War II
        Arg3: for his political beliefs
        Arg1: [*-3]