Roleset blast.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make a loud noise":

Roles:

Arg0:causer, agent


Arg1:source of loud noise, noise itself

Examples:

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


both args (-)
John blasted his stereo.
Arg0:	John
REL:	blasted
Arg1:	his stereo

Roleset blast.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "assign blame harshly":

Roles:

Arg0:blamer


Arg1:blamed


Arg2:blamed for

Examples:

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


all args (-)
Kemper also blasted the Big Board for ignoring the interests of individual and institutional holders.
Arg0:	Kemper
ArgM-DIS:	also
REL:	blasted
Arg1:	the Big Board
Arg2-for:	ignoring the interests of individual and institutional holders

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


unstated reason (-)
Considering how tenuous the security of that runway is anyway, the better option -- both morally and strategically -- would be for the Bush administration to blast the regime publicly, in terms clear enough for all influential Somalis to understand.
Arg0:	the Bush administration
REL:	blast
Arg1:	the regime
ArgM-MNR:	publicly
ArgM:	in terms clear enough for all influential Somalis to understand

Roleset blast.04 Verbnet Class: 1 "mode of motion":

Roles:

Arg0:entity in motion

Examples:

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


3-2-1-blastoff! (-)
The space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and its crew of five astronauts launched the nuclear-powered Galileo space probe on a flight to the planet Jupiter.
Arg0:	The space shuttle Atlantis
REL:	blasted
ArgM-DIR:	into orbit
ArgM-DIR:	from Cape Canaveral , Fla. ,

Roleset blast.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "fire a gun haphazardly":

Roles:

Arg0:shooter


Arg1:target

Examples:

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


ghostbusters (-)
But they don't careen around in an old Cadillac, wear funny suits or blast away at slimy spirits.
ArgM-DIS:	But
Arg0:	they
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	[ blast] [ away]
Arg1-at:	slimy spirits