unhinge
unhinge.01 - to disrupt, confuse
UNHINGE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'unhinge' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from unhinge.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
unhinge (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity unhinged
ARG1-PPT: entity unhinged
transitive
Testifying before a House subcommittee , Mr. Mulford said that if the Treasury had n't intervened in foreign - exchange markets in September and early October to reduce the dollar 's value , the plunge in the stock market might have provoked
a steep fallARG0
in the currency thatR-ARG0
mightARGM-MOD
have `` unhingedrel
financial marketsARG1
. ''unhinge.02 - disconnect
UNHINGE-V NOTES: VN updated by Julia. Member of Vncls disassemble-23.3. (from unhinge.02-v)Aliases:
unhinge (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: agent, causer of disconnection
ARG1-PPT: topic, focus
ARG2-PPT: disconnected from, if separate from arg1
ARG1-PPT: topic, focus
ARG2-PPT: disconnected from, if separate from arg1
passive
On FridayARGM-TMP
, the stock - index futures marketARG1
was unhingedrel
from the stock marketARG2
when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange halted trading in Standard & Poor 's 500 futures contract -- a `` circuit breaker '' procedure instituted after the 1987 crash and implemented for the first timeARGM-TMP
.