Roleset nickname.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "assign a nickname":

Roles:

Arg0:namer


Arg1:named


Arg2:name

Examples:

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


passive (-)
While Mr. Roderick was reared in the shadows of Pittsburgh's smoking mills, Mr. Corry grew up in Cincinnati, a city nicknamed *trace* ``Porkapolis'' and more accustomed to pork chops than pig iron.
REL:	nicknamed
Arg1:	*trace* -> a city
Arg2:	Porkapolis

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


active seems a little odd (-)
Mary nicknamed John Squishy-squishy Nowaka Eblis O'Shaunessy.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	nicknamed
Arg1:	John
Arg2:	Squishy-squishy Nowaka Eblis O'Shaunessy

The fact that the active seems awkward (at best) might indicate that "nicknamed" is a predicative adjective, not a passivized verb.