Roleset astonish.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "surprise, astound":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of astonishment


Arg1:experiencer of astonishment


Arg2:instrument, if arg0 also present

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Then he astonished Matsuo by pushing and dragging himself until he sat.
Argm-TMP:	Then
Arg0:	he
REL:	astonished
Arg1:	Matsuo
Arg2-by:	by pushing and dragging himself until he sat

person: third tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


passive (-)
The Frenchman was astonished [*-1].
REL:	astonished
Arg1:	[*] -> The Frenchman