Roleset bludgeon.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "hit hard":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, hitter - animate only!


Arg1:thing hit


Arg2:instrument, thing hit by or with

Examples:

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


active, no instrument (-)
So far, Wall Street's Old Guard seems [*-1] to be winning the program-trading battle, [*-2] successfully mobilizing public and congressional opinion [*-3] to bludgeon their tormentors.
Arg0:	[*-3] -> [*-2] -> [*-1] -> Wall Street's Old Guard
REL:	bludgeon
Arg1:	their tormentors

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


passive, no instrument (-)
First Interstate said the unit, bludgeoned [*] by Arizona's worsening real-estate woes, will have a $174 million loss for the quarter.
REL:	bludgeoned
Arg1:	[*] -> the unit
Arg0-by:	Arizona's worsening real-estate woes

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


with instrument (-)
Mary bludgeoned John with a two-by-four.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	bludgeoned
Arg1:	John
Arg2-with:	a two-by-four