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<frameset>
<predicate lemma="inherit">
<note>
  Frames file for 'inherit' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry 13.5.2.
</note>

<roleset id="inherit.01" name="get from predecessor" vncls="13.5.2">
<roles>
  <role descr="inheritor" n="0"><vnrole vncls="13.5.2" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="inheritance" n="1"><vnrole vncls="13.5.2" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
  <role descr="predecessor" n="2"><vnrole vncls="13.5.2" vntheta="Source"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="no predecessor">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
     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. 
</text>
        <arg f="ADV" n="M">Taking over as chief executive officer in
        1983</arg> 
        <arg n="0">he</arg>
        <rel>inherited</rel>
        <arg n="1">a company that was mired in debt and hurt by a
        recession-inspired slide in its building-products
        business</arg> 
</example>

<example name="all args">
<inflection aspect="perfect" form="participle" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
<text>
    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. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">some children with the eye cancer</arg>
        <rel>inherited</rel>
        <arg n="1">a damaged copy of chromosome No. 13</arg>
        <arg f="from" n="2">a parent who had had the disease</arg>
</example>

<example name="passive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="present" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    Like all genes, tumor-suppressor genes are inherited *trace* in
    two copies, one from each parent. 
</text>
        <arg f="ADV" n="M">Like all genes</arg>
        <rel>inherited</rel>
        <arg n="1">*trace* -&gt;  tumor-suppressor genes</arg>
        <arg f="MNR" n="M">in two copies, one from each parent</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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