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.)
devolution (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: giver, agent
ARG1-PPT: thing given
ARG2-GOL: recipient
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 principledevolve.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
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
.