Roleset exacerbate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make worse":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing getting worse

Examples:

typical usage (-)
Some fund managers say negative publicity has exacerbated investors' concern about recent declines in junk-bond prices.
Arg0:	negative publicity
REL:	exacerbated
Arg1:	investors' concern about recent declines in junk-bond prices

Trace chains can get funky.