Roleset bother.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause stress in":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of bothering


Arg1:bothered


Arg2:instrument of bothering

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: ns form: participle


just transitive (-)
This hasn't much bothered the UNESCO delegates, who last week couldn't even agree to raise funds by selling off a fancy 19th-century French chateau the agency somehow owns.
Arg0:	This
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-ADV:	much
REL:	bothered
Arg1:	the UNESCO delegates, who last week couldn't even agree to raise funds by selling off a fancy 19th-century French chateau the agency somehow owns

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


adequate instrumental ex (-)
And if a user is busy, ``he can set it for crisis mode: `Don't *trace* bother me with reports until Monday.'''
Arg0:	*trace*
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	bother
Arg1:	me
Arg2-with:	reports
ArgM-TMP:	until Monday




passivized with instrument (-)
John was sorely bothered *trace* by Mary's offer of freshly-baked apple pie.
Arg1:	*trace* -> John
Argm-MNR:	sorely
REL:	bothered
Arg2-by:	Mary's offer of freshly-baked apple pie

Save instrument for cases where there's also a clear agent.

Roleset bother.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "semi-modal":

Roles:

Arg0:botherer


Arg1:real action

Examples:

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


full clause action (-)
There is no sign that you bothered to consider the inverse of your logic: namely, that mental illness and substance abuse might be to some degree consequences rather than causes of homelessness.
Arg0:	you
REL:	bothered
Arg1:	to consider the inverse of your logic: namely, that mental illness and substance abuse might be to some degree consequences rather than causes of homelessness

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


action as ing-clause (-)
But skeptics ask why you should bother buying this stuff when you can get only slightly lower yields on government-guaranteed paper.
Arg0:	you
ArgM-MOD:	should
REL:	bother
Arg1:	buying this stuff
ArgM-TMP:	when you can get only slightly lower yields on government-guaranteed paper

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


action as PP (-)
``Why should I bother with something that's an unknown for a very small pickup in yield?'' he said.
ArgM-MOD:	should
Arg0:	I
REL:	bother
Arg1-with:	something that's an unknown
ArgM-PNC:	for a very small pickup in yield

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


no action at all (-)
I thought and, I'm sure, others did: ``You shouldn't have bothered.''
Arg0:	You
ArgM-MOD:	should
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	bothered