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

<roleset id="sever.01" name="to divide or separate" vncls="10.1 23.1">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer" n="0"><vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Agent"/><vnrole vncls="10.1" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="entity severed" n="1"><vnrole vncls="23.1" vntheta="Patient"/><vnrole vncls="10.1" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="transitive">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="future" voice="active"/>
<text>
 The Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges are bracing for a turbulent separation , following Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin 's long-awaited announcement that the exchanges will sever ties .
</text>
	<arg n="0">the exchanges</arg>
	<arg f="MOD" n="M">will</arg>
	<rel>sever</rel>
	<arg n="1">ties</arg>
</example>


<example name="passive participle">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="passive"/>
<text>
 They stopped short of [*] resuming diplomatic ties , severed [*] in 1979 .
</text>
	<rel>severed</rel>
	<arg n="1">[*] -&gt;  diplomatic ties</arg>
	<arg f="TMP" n="M">in 1979</arg>
</example>


</roleset>
</predicate>


</frameset>
