demote
demote.01 - diminish in rank
DEMOTE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'demote' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from demote.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
demote (v.)
demotion (n.)
demotion (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causer of motion, employer
ARG1-PPT: thing in motion, employee
ARG2-GOL: destination, new job
ARG3-DIR: source, old job
ARG1-PPT: thing in motion, employee
ARG2-GOL: destination, new job
ARG3-DIR: source, old job
no agent
The Volokhs were afraid that they 'd end up like
a friendARG1
of theirs whoR-ARG1
'd applied for a visa and waited for 10 years , having been demotedrel
from his profession of theoretical mathematicianARG3
to shipping clerkARG2
.