Roleset prick.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "poke with a pin, pop or burst":

Roles:

Arg0:prick(er)


Arg1:victim

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns


the one example (-)
``It seems to me that this is the pin that [*T*-1] has finally pricked the balloon,'' says Mr. Rogers, a professor of finance at Columbia University and former co-manager of one of the most successful hedge funds in history, Quantum Fund.
Arg0:	[*T*-1] -> that -> the pin
REL:	pricked
Arg1:	the balloon

Roleset prick.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to stand up straight":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity standing up straight

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns


passive (-)
It was Giselle , the fille de chambre , come [*-1] to clean the room , and while she stood before him with ears pricked [*] up and regard all curiosity , [*-2] explaining her errand , Alex could see from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all [0] he could [*?*] [*] to calm the displeased bird .
REL:	[ pricked] [ up]
Arg1:	[*] -> ears