Predicate: slough

Roleset id: slough.01 , shedding, remove in flaky chunks, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

slough.01: SLOUGH-V NOTES: (from slough.01-v) SLOUGHING-N NOTES: shed.01 (from sloughing.01-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
slough (v.)
sloughing (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: shedder
        Arg1-PPT: thing shed
        Arg2-DIR: source, if separate from arg0

Example: Arg0,1

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

        While Gilgamesh himself has lost the ability to live forever, or the opportunity to pass in this ability to the men or Uruk, it is enough that the snake recalls for us, in its sloughing of its skin, nature's pattern of regeneration.

        Arg0: its
        Rel: sloughing
        Arg1: of its skin


Predicate: slough_off

Roleset id: slough_off.02 , removing in flaky chunks, Source: , vncls: , framnet:

slough_off.02: SLOUGH_OFF-V NOTES: (from slough.02-v) SLOUGHING_OFF-N NOTES: (from sloughing.02-n)

Aliases:

AliasFrameNetVerbNet
slough_off (v.)
sloughing_off (n.)

Roles:

        Arg0-PAG: shedder
        Arg1-PPT: thing shed
        Arg2-DIR: source, if separate from arg0

Example: ergative

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

        It looked like they were n't that bad at first but when they were cleaning the wound more skin sloughed off and it was bigger than they thought

        Argm-tmp: when they were cleaning the wound
        Arg1: more skin
        Rel: [sloughed] [off]

Example: Arg0,1

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

        American high military leadership in the 1940s is still impressive for its matching of individual to task, for its sloughing off of militaristic vainglory, for its coordinating of one and all with the purposes to which the President gave voice.

        Arg0: its
        Rel: sloughing off
        Arg1: of militaristic vainglory