Roleset bust.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "break":

Roles:

Arg0:breaker


Arg1:thing broken


Arg2:instrument


Arg3:pieces

Examples:

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


with predicate (-)
Toshiba Corp. busted open that sector this summer with a notebook-sized machine that retails for less than 200,000 yen (under $1,500) -- one of the smallest, cheapest PCs available in the country.
Arg0:	Toshiba Corp.
REL:	busted
ArgM-PRD:	open
Arg1:	that sector
ArgM-TMP:	this summer
Arg2-with:	a notebook-sized machine that retails for less than 200,000 yen (under $1,500) -- one of the smallest, cheapest PCs available in the country




inchoative (-)
The window busted into a million pieces.
Arg1:	The window
REL:	busted
Arg3-into:	a million pieces

Inchoative need not include the pieces argument.

Roleset bust.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "catch a criminal":

Roles:

Arg0:cop(s)


Arg1:criminal(s)

Examples:

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


good cop/bad cop (-)
John busted a notorious ring of jelly-bean smugglers.
Arg0:	John
REL:	busted
Arg1:	a notorious ring of jelly-bean smugglers

Roleset bust.05 Verbnet Class: NONE "catch ghosts":

Roles:

Arg0:ghostbuster


Arg1:ghost

Examples:

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


who ya gonna call? (-)
They claim *trace* to have busted spirits, poltergeists and other spooks in hundreds of houses around the country.
Arg0:	*trace* -> They
REL:	busted
Arg1:	spirits, poltergeists and other spooks
ArgM-LOC:	in hundreds of houses around the country

This sense is an unfortunate relic of one particular article in the Treebank, and will probably never occur again.

Roleset bust.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "escape":

Roles:

Arg0:escapee


Arg1:escaped from

Examples:

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


not quite Alcatraz (-)
John busted out of Mary's basement.
Arg0:	John
REL:	busted out
Arg1-of:	Mary's basement

Roleset bust.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "break up":

Roles:

Arg0:causative agent


Arg1:thing in pieces

Examples:

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


smithereens (-)
John busted up Mary's dining room table.
Arg0:	John
REL:	busted up
Arg1:	Mary's dining room table