Roleset deflate.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "anti-inflate":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of deflation, agent


Arg1:balloon, etc.

Examples:

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


crazy speculation (-)
Some investors say Friday's sell-off was a good thing, because it deflated a lot of crazy takeover speculation.
Arg0:	it
REL:	deflated
Arg1:	a lot of crazy takeover speculation