<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="separate">
<note>
Frames file for 'separate' based on sentences in financial subcorpus
and automatic expansion via verbnet.
</note>

<roleset id="separate.01" name="separate" vncls="10.1 23.1">
<roles>
	<role descr="entity causing separation" n="0">
		
		
  <vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Agent"/><vnrole vncls="10.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
 
	<role descr="thing being divided" n="1">
		
		
  <vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Patient1"/><vnrole vncls="10.1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
 
	<role descr="source, separated from" n="2">
		
		
  <vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Patient2"/><vnrole vncls="10.1" vntheta="Source"/></role>

</roles>

<example name="all args">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="infinitive" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="ns"/>
<text>
    The Washington, D.C., think tank recommends that the courts adopt
    different ``tracks'' for different types of civil cases in order
    *trace* to separate the handling of highly complex suits from
    simpler ones. 
</text>
        <arg n="0">*trace* -&gt;  the courts</arg>
        <rel>separate</rel>
        <arg n="1">the handling of highly complex suits</arg>
        <arg f="from" n="2">simpler ones</arg>
</example>

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