Rolesets - ruin

ruin

ruin.01 - destroy

RUIN-V NOTES: Verbnet predicts an instrumental subject. They also bring thedistinction between agent and instrument down to intentionality, whichwe've been trying to avoid. If you feel you can consistently makethat decision, go ahead; otherwise only use arg2 when there is also anarg0. (from ruin.01-v)
RUIN-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on ruin-v.01. Corresponds to VNcls destroy-44. (from ruin.01-n)
verb frame's arg2-instrument omitted based on infrequency in noun corpus. Use MNR if it comes up. Arg2-attribute added based on predicted occurance. (from ruin.01-n)

Aliases:

ruin (n.)
ruin (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: ruiner
ARG1-PPT: ruined thing
ARG2-VSP: attribute of arg1 that is being ruined (if in addition to arg1)

no instrument

Program traders argue that
a reinstatement of the ruleARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
ruinrel
the `` pricing efficiency '' of the futures and stock marketsARG1
.

ARG0 and ARG1

What 's important is that you do n't have to worry about the future , and live in fear that
a sudden loss of your salaryARG0
couldARGM-MOD
ruinrel
your lifeARG1
. " Of course , everyone feels a different sense of urgency about the uncertainties of life .

args 1 and 2

There are other arguments , which the most obtuse can not ignore , against a policy of spreading and encouraging further the
economicARG2
ruinrel
of great countriesARG1
.

args 0 and 1

For Claudius ,
hisARG0
ruinrel
of GertrudeARG1
comes when he marries her simply for power .