decimate
decimate.01 - destroy
DECIMATE-V NOTES: Verbnet predicts an instrumental subject. They also bring thedistinction between agent and instrument down to intentionality, whichwe've been trying to avoid. If you feel you can consistently makethat decision, go ahead; otherwise only use arg2 when there is also anarg0. (from decimate.01-v)Aliases:
decimate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: destroyer
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-MNR: instrument of destruction
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-MNR: instrument of destruction
no instrument
Program traders argue that
a reinstatement of the ruleARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
decimaterel
the `` pricing efficiency '' of the futures and stock marketsARG1
.ARG2
AndARGM-DIS
BuckARG0
reached across the table , harpooned the meatball , plopped it on his plate , and decimatedrel
itARG1
with a mash or two of his forkARG2
.