Roleset muddy.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to make obscure or confused":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:thing obscured

Examples:

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


passive (-)
His `` Mr. Clean '' image was muddied [*-1] by an arms-kickback scandal , which [*T*-2] will be a major campaign issue .
REL:	muddied
Arg1:	[*-1] -> His `` Mr. Clean '' image
Arg0-by:	an arms-kickback scandal , which [*T*-2] will be a major campaign issue