despair
despair.01 - to give up hope
DESPAIR-V NOTES: Frames file for 'despair' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from despair.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
despair (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PPT: experiencer
ARG1-PAG: entity despaired of
ARG1-PAG: entity despaired of
transitive
In the playARGM-LOC
, the Duke of ViennaARG0
despairsrel
over the licentiousness of his subjectsARG1
and turns over the rule of the city to the puritanical Angelo , hoping he can set things right .desperate
desperate.02 - urgent to the point of despair
DESPERATE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-7. Relation to 'despair'. (from desperate.01-j)Aliases:
desperate (j.)
desperation (n.)
desperation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: desperate one
ARG1-PPT: desparate for/to what
ARG1-PPT: desparate for/to what
both args
Everyone knows that buying houses is difficult . Yet ,
theyARG0
are stillARGM-TMP
desperaterel
in buying themARG1
. They borrow money and be enslaved by houses all their lives .