Roleset pounce.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to attack suddenly":

Roles:

Arg0:attacker, agent


Arg1:thing pounced on

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


transitive (-)
Here was [*T*-1] the state security appartus poised [*] to pounce on any words or acts of provocation , let alone revolution .
Arg0:	[*] -> the state security appartus
REL:	pounce
Arg1-on:	any words or acts of provocation , let alone revolution