<?xml version="1.0"?>
<frameset>
<predicate lemma="widow">
<note>
  Frames file for 'widow' based on sentences in wsj.  Verbnet entry
  29.7, Framenet entry Personal relationship.
</note>

<roleset id="widow.01" name="(cause to) become unmarried   because of death" vncls="29.7">
<roles>
  <role descr="causer of widowment" n="0"><vnrole vncls="29.7" vntheta="Agent"/></role>
  <role descr="widow" n="1"><vnrole vncls="29.7" vntheta="Theme"/></role>
</roles>

<example name="adjectival">
<inflection aspect="ns" form="participle" person="ns" tense="ns" voice="passive"/>
<text>
    So would someone recently divorced or widowed.
</text>
        <arg n="1">someone</arg>
        <arg n="M">recently</arg>
        <rel>widowed</rel>
</example>

<example name="rarely agentive">
  <inflection aspect="ns" form="full" person="ns" tense="past" voice="active"/>
  <text>
    John's untimely death widowed Mary, much to her delight.
  </text>
  <arg n="0">John's untimely death</arg>
  <rel>widowed</rel>
  <arg n="1">Mary</arg>
  <arg n="m">much to her delight</arg>
</example>

<note>
</note>

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