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.)
dissipation (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of dissipation
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming undense
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
.