Predicate: unworkable
Roleset id: unworkable.01 , unable to be made to function, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
unworkable.01: UNWORKABLE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on WSJ data. Corresponds to work-v.09. (from unworkable.01-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
unworkable (j.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: thing that doesn't function
        Arg2-GOL: beneficiary
Example: with CAU
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        If a veto is unworkable because it would leave part of the executive branch unfunded , the president could sign the appropriations bills into law and assert a power of excision , declaring the rider restricting his Article II powers to be unconstitutional and severable .
        Arg1: a veto
        Rel: unworkable
        Argm-cau: because it would leave part of the executive branch unfunded
Roleset id: unworkable.02 , unable to be manipulated (physically, usually), Source: , vncls: , framnet:
unworkable.02: UNWORKABLE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on work-v.07. Corresponds to VNcls knead-26.5. (from unworkable.02-j)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
unworkable (j.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg1-PPT: thing that can't be manipulated
        Arg2-PRD: end state
Example: args 1, 2
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        This specimen proved simply unworkable into tablets or granules and had to be discarded.
        Arg1: This specimen
        Argm-adv: simply
        Rel: unworkable
        Arg2: into tablets or granules
Example: arg1
        person: ns,  tense: ns,  aspect: ns,  voice: ns,  form: ns
        By the time I got it running again, the sun was out and the clay was unworkable, so I went on to the garden tiller.
        Argm-tmp: By the time I got it running again
        Arg1: the clay
        Rel: unworkable
        Argm-adv: so I went on to the garden tiller