Rolesets - dissipate

dissipate

dissipate.01 - become undense

DISSIPATE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'dissipate' based on sentences in wsj. Verbnet entry 45.4. (from dissipate.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

dissipate (v.)
dissipation (n.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: cause of dissipation
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming undense

usually ergative

But Darman suggests
such tensionsARG1
willARGM-MOD
dissipaterel
quicklyARGM-MNR
.

non-agentive arg0

The tremendous energy of the quakeARG1
was
dissipatedrel
by the distanceARG0
,
so that most parts of the valley and the major cities suffered largely cosmetic damage -- broken windows , falling brick and cornices , buckled asphalt or sidewalksARGM-ADV
.