Roleset influence.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "have sway over, induce an action":

Roles:

Arg0:influencer


Arg1:influenced


Arg2:induced action

Examples:

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


typically transitive (-)
These big stocks greatly influence the Nasdaq Composite Index.
Arg0:	These big stocks
ArgM-MNR:	greatly
REL:	influence
Arg1:	the Nasdaq Composite Index

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


with induced action (-)
Mary influenced John to eat his peas.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	influenced
Arg1:	John
Arg2:	to eat his peas

Actually that sounds a little funky to me. Maybe Arg2 isn't real.