Roleset admonish.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "persuade":

Roles:

Arg0:persuader


Arg1:persuaded agent


Arg2:persuaded action

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: gerund


please? (-)
At his first school in the U.S. he was thought a little strange for [*-1] shutting off open water taps and admonishing his schoolmates to take only brief showers.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> he
REL:	admonishing
Arg1:	his schoolmates
Arg2:	*trace* to take only brief showers

Roleset admonish.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "chastise":

Roles:

Arg0:chastiser


Arg1:chastised


Arg2:wrongdoing

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


stop that! (-)
Mary admonished John for putting his dirty feet on the dining room table.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	admonished
Arg1:	John
Arg2-for:	putting his dirty feet on the dining room table

Odd that the two senses are almost contradictory.