Roleset aggravate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make angry or worse":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing getting angry or getting worse


Arg2:instrument, if separate from arg0

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Several traders maintained that the Merc's 12-point circuit-breaker aggravated the market slide Oct. 13 by directing additional selling pressure to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Arg0:	the Merc's 12-point circuit-breaker
REL:	aggravated
Arg1:	the market slide Oct. 13
Arg2-by:	directing additional selling pressure to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


no instrument (-)
The Health Insurance Association of America, an insurers' trade group, acknowledges that stiff competition among its members to insure businesses likely to be good risks during the first year of coverage has aggravated the problem in the small-business market.
Arg0:	stiff competition among its members to insure businesses likely to be good risks during the first year of coverage
REL:	aggravated
Arg1:	the problem in the small-business market

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


as 'make angry' (-)
John aggravates Mary with his mere presence.
Arg0:	John
REL:	aggravates
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-with:	his mere presence

Methinks Mary is a wee bit touchy.