Rolesets - abolish

abolish

abolish.01 - get rid of, make illegal, act of doing away with something

ABOLISH-V NOTES: Member of Vncls remove-10.1. No Fncls. (from abolish.01-v)
ABOLITION-N NOTES: Roleset based on expansion parallel to WordNet eventive nouns. Framed by Claire. Corresponds to VerbNet class Remove-10.1, based on verb entry abolish.01. (from abolition.01-n)

Aliases:

abolish (v.)
abolition (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: entity getting rid of, outlawing something
ARG1-PPT: thing abolished

abolish-v: typical usage

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Nicholas Ridley said later in the day that
the governmentARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
abolishrel
its golden share in Jaguar , the luxury auto maker being stalked by General Motors and Ford MotorARG1
.

abolition-n: Arg1, of-phrase

They first insisted that the
abolitionrel
of the slave - tradeARG1
would ruin the colonies .

abolition-n: All arguments

It mentions the British celebrated
theirARG0
abolitionrel
of slave tradeARG1
last year .