Roleset behave.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to conduct (oneself) in a specified way":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, entity behaving


Arg1:manner

Examples:

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


manner as a PP (-)
So far as we can see only two persons [*ICH*-1] are behaving with a dignity recognizing the seriousness of the issues : Mr. Lawson and Sir Alan Walters , the counterpoint of the Chancellor 's difficulties , who [*T*-2] also resigned as personal adviser to Mrs. Thatcher .
ArgM-ADV:	So far as we can see
Arg0:	only two persons [*ICH*-1]
REL:	behaving
Arg1:	with a dignity recognizing the seriousness of the issues

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


manner as a wh-phrase (-)
One wonders how other college athletic officials would behave under the same circumstances [*T*-1] .
Arg0:	other college athletic officials
ArgM-MOD:	would
REL:	behave
ArgM-ADV:	under the same circumstances
Arg1:	[*T*-1] -> how

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


manner as a as-phrase (-)
Japanese managers ca n't expect Americans to behave as if they were Japanese ; instead , they must manage Americans as Americans .
Arg0:	Americans
REL:	behave
Arg1:	as if they were Japanese

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


like phrase, not manner (-)
John behaves like a spoiled child.
Arg0:	John
REL:	behaves
Arg1-like:	a spoiled child

In those (rare) cases where the arg1 is being set up not as a manner adverbial but rather as the second half of an equation (John = spoiled child), split the preposition (as or like) out of the argument.