<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="kidnap">
<note>
  Frames file for 'kidnap' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ
  corpus. 
</note>

<roleset id="kidnap.01" name="to seize and detain unlawfully" vncls="10.5">
<roles>
  <role descr="kidnapper, agent" n="0">
        <vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="person kidnapped" n="1">
        <vnrole vncls="10.5" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>


<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="present" voice="active"/>
<text>
 Again , you have [*-1] to ask the obvious question : Why would intelligent beings kidnap seven Soviet mailmen [*T*-2] ?
</text>
	<arg f="MOD" n="M">would</arg>
	<arg n="0">intelligent beings</arg>
	<rel>kidnap</rel>
	<arg n="1">seven Soviet mailmen</arg>
	<arg f="PNC" n="M">[*T*-2] -&gt;  Why</arg>
</example>




</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
