kowtow
kowtow.01 - to kneel or fawn
KOWTOW-V NOTES: Frames file for 'kowtow' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from kowtow.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
kowtow (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: subservient entity
ARG1-PPT: entity kowtowed to
ARG1-PPT: entity kowtowed to
transitive
The Orwellian `` New World Information Order '' would give government officials rights against the press ;
journalistsARG0
would be obliged to kowtowrel
to their government , which would have licensing and censorship powers and , indeed , duties to block printing of `` wrong '' ideasARG1
.