Roleset prod.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to urge on":

Roles:

Arg0:causer


Arg1:entity urged


Arg2:action

Examples:

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


all arguments (-)
The Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year may have prodded contractors to get any behind-schedule road and bridge construction under way `` before the clock ran out , '' Mr. Christie said [0] [*T*-1] , [*-2] referring to threatened 5 % across-the-board budget cuts .
Arg0:	The Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year
ArgM-MOD:	may
REL:	prodded
Arg1:	contractors
Arg2:	to get any behind-schedule road and bridge construction under way `` before the clock ran out

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


prepositional Arg2 (-)
Still , he says [0] [*T*-1] , `` it 's no bad thing '' if all the marketing prods people into [*-2] putting aside a little more .
Arg0:	all the marketing
REL:	prods
Arg1:	people
Arg2-into:	[*-2] putting aside a little more