Predicate: whitewash
Roleset id: whitewash.01 , paint with whitewash, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
whitewash.01: WHITEWASH-V NOTES: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. Member of Vncls 9.9. Comparison to ?paint?. Roleset by Julia. (from whitewash.01-v)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
whitewash (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: painter (vnrole: 9.9-Agent)
        Arg1-GOL: thing painted (vnrole: 9.9-Destination)
        Arg2-PPT: the whitewash (vnrole: 9.9-Theme)
Example: whitewash-v: All args
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        They whitewashed the walls with lime.
        Arg0: They
        Rel: whitewashed
        Arg1: the walls
        Arg2: with lime.
Example: whitewash-v: transitive with instrument
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle
        The squirrel has whitewashed the walls with his tail.
        Arg0: The squirrel
        Rel: has whitewashed
        Arg1: the walls
        Argm-mnr: with his tail.
Roleset id: whitewash.02 , exonerate, perhaps in a shady way, , Source: , vncls: , framnet:
whitewash.02: WHITEWASH-V NOTES: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. Member of Vncls 10.6. Comparison to ?unburden?. Roleset by Julia. (from whitewash.02-v) WHITEWASH-N NOTES: (from whitewash.01-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
whitewash (n.) | | |
whitewash (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: Agent or organization doing the whitewashing (vnrole: 10.6-Agent)
        Arg1-DIR: entity being exonerated (vnrole: 10.6-Source)
        Arg2-PPT: crimes (vnrole: 10.6-Theme)
Example: whitewash-v: Transitive
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        Attorney General Holder just whitewashed the authors of the torture memos.
        Arg0: Attorney General Holder
        Argm-tmp: just
        Rel: whitewashed
        Arg1: the authors of the torture memos.
Example: whitewash-v: Passive with theme
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: passive,  form: participle
        [Assistant District Attorneys and favored law firms]-1 were also whitewashed *trace*-1 of crimes.
        Arg1: *trace*-1: [Assistant District Attorneys and favored law firms]
        Rel: [were] [whitewashed]
        Argm-adv: also
        Arg2: of crimes.
Example: whitewash-v: with predication
        person: third,  tense: past,  aspect: ns,  voice: active,  form: full
        They whitewashed him as an advocate of toleration.
        Arg0: They
        Rel: whitewashed
        Arg1: him
        Argm-prd: as an advocate of toleration.
Example: whitewash-n
        It is also miles from the truth: a whitewash of history
        Rel: whitewash
        Arg1: of history
Roleset id: whitewash.03 , cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
whitewash.03: WHITEWASH-V NOTES: Roleset based on internet search. Added because none existed. No Vncls. Comparison to ?cover up?. Roleset by Julia. (from whitewash.03-v) WHITEWASH-N NOTES: Automatically created by Julia as an alias file for unification. (from whitewash.03-n)
Aliases:
Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
whitewash (n.) | | |
whitewash (v.) | | |
Roles:
        Arg0-PAG: Entity doing the covering up
        Arg1-PPT: Thing being covered up
Example: whitewash-v: Transitive with instrument
        person: third,  tense: present,  aspect: perfect,  voice: active,  form: participle
        He hasn't whitewashed the truth with the typical right wing rhetoric.
        Arg0: He
        Rel: [has] [whitewashed]
        Argm-neg: 'nt
        Arg1: the truth
        Argm-mnr: with the typical right wing rhetoric.