Roleset preoccupy.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "demand full attention":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of preoccupation


Arg1:preoccupied entity


Arg2:focus of attention
To my ear, args 0 and 2 cannot cooccur, but the prepositional usage of arg2 does imply that the two are separate arguments.

Examples:

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


usually passive (-)
Worst of all, Nissan was preoccupied *trace* with management infighting, cronyism and corporate rigidity.
ArgM-DIS:	Worst of all
REL:	preoccupied
Arg1:	*trace* -> Nissan
Arg2-with:	management infighting, cronyism and corporate rigidity

person: third tense: present aspect: perfect voice: ns form: participle


occasionally active (-)
Foreign exchange dealers said that the currency market has begun to distance itself from the volatile stock exchange, which *trace* has preoccupied the market since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points.
Arg0:	*trace* -> which -> the volatile stock exchange
REL:	preoccupied
Arg1:	the market
ArgM-TMP:	since Oct. 13, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 190 points