<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="absolve">
<note>
  Frames file for 'absolve' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry
  10.6. 
</note>

<roleset id="absolve.01" name="remove guilt" vncls="10.6">
<roles>
  <role descr="absolver, agent" n="0">
             
  <vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="guilty party" n="1">
             
  <vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Source"/></role>
  <role descr="guilt" n="2">
             
  <vnrole vncls="10.6" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="standard usage">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="gerund" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
    On Friday, the firms filed a suit against West Virginia in New
    York state court asking for a declaratory judgment absolving them
    of liability. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">a declaratory judgment</arg>
        <rel>absolving</rel>
        <arg n="1">them</arg>
        <arg f="of" n="2">liability</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

</roleset>
</predicate>
</frameset>
