undermine
undermine.01 - weaken, not quantifiable, weaken from below
UNDERMINE-V NOTES: "Not quantifiable" means that undermine cannot take EXT, start or endpoint arguments, unlike weaken. (Although I think certain example sentences might completely undermine the argument about not taking EXT.)No Verbnet entry. Comparison with weaken. (from undermine.01-v) UNDERMINING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. No VNcls. (from undermining.01-n)Aliases:
undermining (n.)
undermine (v.)
undermine (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: causal agent
ARG1-PPT: thing weakening
ARG1-PPT: thing weakening
active
The index was under pressure for most of the morning over concerns that
the effects of Tuesday night 's major earthquake in the San Francisco areaARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
underminerel
the U.S. marketARG1
.passive
He argues that
efforts to firm up pricesARG1
willARGM-MOD
be underminedrel
by producers ' plans to expand production capacityARG0
.arg1 and MNR
Progressives should be against de - funding and
underminingrel
of social securityARG1
, in whatever form it takesARGM-MNR
.undermine.02 - surgically seperate from underlying structure
UNDERMINING-N NOTES: Based on Thyme and Sharp data. Comparison to separate.01. Separate.01 is a member of VN classes separate-23.1-2, remove-10.1, and classify -29.10. Framed by Katie. (from undermining.02-n)Aliases:
undermining (n.)
undermine (v.)
undermine (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: entity causing seperation
ARG1-PPT: thing being divided
ARG2-DIR: source, separated from
ARG1-PPT: thing being divided
ARG2-DIR: source, separated from
args 1 and 2
extensiveARGM-EXT
underminingrel
of skinARG1
from the glandARG2