Rolesets - devolve

devolve

devolve.01 - pass on to a successor

DEVOLVE-V NOTES: Roleset by Julia based on internet search and wordnet. Member of Vncls future_having-13.3. Comparison to 'bequeath'. (from devolve.01-v)
DEVOLUTION-N NOTES: (from devolution.01-n)

Aliases:

devolve (v.)
devolution (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: giver, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing given
ARG2-GOL: recipient

devolve-v: All arguments

The representativeARG0
devolvedrel
his dutiesARG1
to his aidesARG2
while he was in the hospitalARGM-TMP
.

devolve-v: middle voice

The estateARG1
devolvedrel
to an heir that everybody had assumed to be deadARG2
.

devolve-v: without recipient

The VaticanARG0
is in no hurry
torel
devolverel
powerARG1
.

devolve-v: passive

Certain powersARG1
were
devolvedrel
from central government in LondonARG0
to other parts of the UKARG2
.

devolution-n

But even in the absence of bad policy ,
devolutionrel
of landARG1
to the states or , better still , to private ownersARG2
is a matter of republican principle

devolve.02 - grow worse

DEVOLVE-V NOTES: Roleset by Julia based on internet search and wordnet. No Vncls. Comparison to 'transform'. (from devolve.02-v)
This always appears with Arg 2 "into__" or possibly "to__". Agent not seen in data, and may never occur. (from devolve.02-v)

Aliases:

devolve (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: agent, causer of devolution
ARG1-PPT: patient, thing growing worse
ARG2-DIR: start state
ARG3-PRD: end state

devolve-v: Classic example with patient and end state

I 've seen
one too many angry blog discussionsARG1
devolverel
into " You 're calling me racist ! "ARG3

devolve-v: Patient, start state and end state

The species concept debateARG1
hasrel
devolvedrel
from an empirical discussionARG2
into a philosophical oneARG3
.