Roleset choke.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to have or cause to have difficulty in breathing":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of choking, agent


Arg1:entity choked


Arg2:thing choked on

Examples:

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


non-agentive (-)
They also chart the evolution of a city that has grown tenfold in the author's lifetime, from a colonial outpost of fez-wearing pashas to a Third World slum choking on its own refuse.
Arg1:	a Third World slum
REL:	choking
Arg2-on:	its own refuse

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


agentive (-)
Why, he used to lay in wait for Cap; suddenly he'd leap from behind some statue of Marshall onto Cap's chest and grab him by the throat and choke him till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so.
ArgM-TMP:	suddenly
Arg0:	he
ArgM-MOD:	'd
REL:	choke
Arg1:	him
ArgM-TMP:	till he coughed up an additional $2 billion or so

Roleset choke.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "to fill up completely, jam":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of filling, agent


Arg1:entity choked

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
This is no place for pedestrians, but at 7:30 on a recent morning, when construction choked traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection to one lane [*T*-1], a taxi passenger found it faster to abandon the cab and walk to her destination.
Arg0:	construction
REL:	choked
Arg1:	traffic at the famous Four Corners intersection
ArgM-PRD:	to one lane
ArgM-TMP:	[*T*-1] -> when -> a recent morning

Roleset choke.03 Verbnet Class: NONE "to bring to an end":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of end, agent


Arg1:entity choked off

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
Fending off attacks on his economic policies in a House of Commons debate yesterday, Mr. Lawson said inflation ``remains the greatest threat to our economic well-being'' and promised to take ``whatever steps are needed'' [*] to choke it off.
Arg0:	[*]
REL:	[ choke] [ off]
Arg1:	it

Roleset choke.04 Verbnet Class: NONE "overcome with emotion":

Roles:

Arg0:emotion


Arg1:experiencer

Examples:

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


adjectival (-)
Asked to say a few words, he pulls out his crumpled piece of paper and tries to talk, but he's too choked up [0] [*T*-4] to get the words out.
Arg1:	he
Argm-EXT:	too
REL:	choked up