Roleset boil.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "apply heat to water":

Roles:

Arg0:applier of heat


Arg1:water

Examples:

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


metaphorical water (-)
...with huge economic inequalities and social discontent boiling under the surface.
Arg1:	huge economic inequalities and social discontent
REL:	boiling
ArgM-LOC:	under the surface

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


with agent (-)
John boiled water for tea.
Arg0:	John
REL:	boiled
Arg1:	water
Argm-PNC:	for tea

Roleset boil.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "too much heat":

Roles:

Arg1:thing boiling over (pot, etc)

Examples:

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


a watched pot (-)
Clearly, the question with ``Chicken Soup'' is not whether the pot will boil over, but whether it will simmer at all.
Arg1:	the pot
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	[ boil] [ over]