Roleset poison.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "kill via poison":

Roles:

Arg0:killer


Arg1:corpse


Arg2:poison

Examples:

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


metaphorical poison (-)
Mary poisoned John's sunny optimism with her constant petty sniping.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	poisoned
Arg1:	John's sunny optimism
Arg2-with:	her constant petty sniping

Roleset poison.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "put poison on/in something":

Roles:

Arg0:applier


Arg1:poisoned substance


Arg2:poison

Examples:

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


inferred agent (-)
Euro Disneyland shares made a debut like Snow White yesterday while most of the London stock market looked like it had eaten the Evil Queen's poisoned apple.
Arg0:	the Evil Queen's
REL:	poisoned
Arg1:	apple