Roleset defuse.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "render a bomb safe":

Roles:

Arg0:defuser


Arg1:bomb

Examples:

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


straight transitive (-)
Lawyers for dozens of insolvent savings and loan associations are trying a new tack in their efforts *trace* to defuse suits filed by borrowers, developers and creditors.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Lawyers for dozens of insolvent savings and loan associations
REL:	defuse
Arg1:	suits filed by borrowers, developers and creditors

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


with manner adverbial (-)
Earlier this week, Dr. Sullivan tried *trace* to defuse these charges by stressing that candidates to head the NIH and the CDC will be judged by ``standards of scientific and administrative excellence,'' not politics.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Dr. Sullivan
REL:	defuse
Arg1:	these charges
ArgM-MNR:	by stressing that candidates to head the NIH and the CDC will be judged by ``standards of scientific and administrative excellence,'' not politics