Predicate: inherit

Roleset id: inherit.01 , get from predecessor, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

inherit.01: INHERIT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'inherit' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 13.5.2. (from inherit.01-v predicate notes) INHERITANCE-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, inherit.01, WN sense #1. Corresponds to VNcls obtain-13.5.2. (from inheritance.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
inherit (v.)
inheritance (n.)

Roles:

        watch out for usages that describe the thing obtained itself, rather than the act of obtaining. These are not eventive! (from inheritance.01-n)
        Arg0-PAG: inheritor (vnrole: 13.5.2-Agent)
        Arg1-PPT: inheritance (vnrole: 13.5.2-Theme)
        Arg2-DIR: predecessor (vnrole: 13.5.2-Source)

Example: no predecessor

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full

        Taking over as chief executive officer in 1983, he inherited a company that was mired in debt and hurt by a recession-inspired slide in its building-products business.

        ArgM-ADV: Taking over as chief executive officer in 1983
        Arg0: he
        Rel: inherited
        Arg1: a company that was mired in debt and hurt by a recession-inspired slide in its building-products business

Example: all args

        person: ns,  tense: past,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle

        Dr. Knudson found that some children with the eye cancer had inherited a damaged copy of chromosome No. 13 from a parent who had had the disease.

        Arg0: some children with the eye cancer
        Rel: inherited
        Arg1: a damaged copy of chromosome No. 13
        Arg2: from a parent who had had the disease

Example: passive

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

        Like all genes, [tumor-suppressor genes]-1 are inherited *trace*-1 in two copies, one from each parent.

        ArgM-ADV: Like all genes
        Rel: inherited
        Arg1: *trace*
        ArgM-MNR: in two copies, one from each parent

Example: args 0, 1

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

        Gloucester ends up thinking that his legitimate son, Edgar, has been scheming to kill him in order to hasten his inheritance of Gloucester's wealth and lands.

        Arg0: his
        Rel: inheritance
        Arg1: of Gloucester's wealth and lands

Example: NOT EVENTIVE. .YY!

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

        When he donated his inheritance of $1 million, what was his net worth?

Example: with arg2 and oblique arg0

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

        What is the role of protein in the inheritance of genes from parents to offspring?

        Rel: inheritance
        Arg1: of genes
        Arg2: from parents
        Arg0: to offspring