Roleset arrest.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "like a criminal":

Roles:

Arg0:police


Arg1:criminal


Arg2:crime

Examples:

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


difficult syntax for crime (-)
Since Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari took office last December, special agents have arrested more than 6,000 federal employees on charges ranging from extortion to tax evasion.
ArgM-TMP:	Since Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari took office last December
Arg0:	special agents
REL:	arrested
Arg1:	more than 6,000 federal employees
Arg2:	on charges ranging from extortion to tax evasion

I'd expect to see arg2-for more commonly, but I could be mistaken.

Roleset arrest.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "stop":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of stopping


Arg1:thing stopping

Examples:

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


arrested development (-)
China might stave off a crisis if it acts as forcefully as it did [*-1] to arrest the 1985 decline, when Beijing slammed the brakes on foreign-exchange spending and devalued the currency.
Arg0:	[*-1] -> it
REL:	arrest
Arg1:	the 1985 decline
Argm-TMP:	when Beijink slammed the brakes on foreign-exchange spending and devalued the currency