Roleset embarrass.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause shame":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of shame


Arg1:embarrassed entity


Arg2:instrument, if separate from arg0

Examples:

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


nice easy transitive (-)
But State Department officials accuse Israel of *trace* leaking questionable claims *trace* to embarrass the U.S.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> Israel
REL:	embarrass
Arg1:	the U.S.

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


passivized (-)
Conservatives, embarrassed *trace* by Republican influence-peddling scandals at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, have used the issue in an effort to shift blame onto a Democratic-controlled Congress.
REL:	embarrassed
Arg1:	*trace* -> Conservatives
Arg0-by:	Republican influence-peddling scandals at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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


all args (-)
John embarrassed Mary by publically proclaiming his undying love for her.
Arg0:	John
REL:	embarrassed
Arg1:	Mary
Arg2-by:	publically proclaiming his undying love for her.

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


adjectival: progressive (-)
Two such actions, both filed earlier this year in Georgia state court in Atlanta, could be particularly embarrassing to the industry: both name J. Chandler Peterson, an Atlanta financial planner who is a founder and past chairman of the IAFP, as defendant.
Arg0:	Two such actions, both filed earlier this year in Georgia state court in Atlanta,
ArgM-MOD:	could
ArgM-ADV:	particularly
REL:	embarrassing
Arg1-to:	the industry

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


adjectival: different preposition (-)
Lincoln's treatment by former thrift regulators, in an agency disbanded by the new law, has proved embarrassing for five senators who received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Mr. Keating.
Arg0:	Lincoln's treatment by former thrift regulators, in an agency disbanded by the new law,
REL:	embarrassing
Arg1-for:	five senators who received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Mr. Keating

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


adjectival: passive (-)
People are too embarrassed *trace* to say they haven't done anything.''
Arg1:	People
REL:	embarrassed
Arg0:	*trace* to say they haven't done anything