Roleset erupt.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "(cause to) spew forth":

Roles:

Arg1:thing erupting


Arg2:substance spewing forth

Examples:

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


straight unaccusative (-)
On so-called Manic Monday, Oct. 16, stock prices plunged across Europe and trading problems erupted.
ArgM-TMP:	On so-called Manic Monday, Oct. 16,
Arg1:	trading problems
REL:	erupted

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle
The 'between...companies' bit properly belongs to the conflict, not to the eruption.

misplaced modifier (-)
A bitter conflict with global implications has erupted between Nomura Securities Co. and Industrial Bank of Japan, two of the world's most powerful financial companies.
Arg1:	A bitter conflict with global implications
REL:	erupted
ArgM:	between Nomura Securities Co. and Industrial Bank of Japan, two of the world's most powerful financial companies

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


with substance (-)
The Senate's public gallery was packed with Judge Hastings' supporters, who *trace* erupted into applause after he finished his argument.
Arg1:	*trace* -> who -> Judge Hastings' supporters
REL:	erupted
Arg2-into:	applause
ArgM-TMP:	after he finished his argument

Roleset erupt.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "mode of speaking":

Roles:

Arg0:speaker


Arg1:utterance


Arg2:hearer

Examples:

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


blow your top (-)
And Mancuso himself is investigating at the top of his lungs: ``How the hell can you live with yourself?'' he erupts *trace* at a politician.
Arg0:	he
REL:	erupts
Arg1:	*trace* -> How the hell can you live with yourself
Arg2-at:	a politician