Roleset ruffle.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause consternation":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of consternation


Arg1:victim

Examples:

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


passive (-)
Chicken Chains Ruffled [*-1] By Loss of Customers
REL:	Ruffled
Arg1:	[*-1] -> Chicken Chains
Arg0-By:	Loss of Customers

Roleset ruffle.02 Verbnet Class: NONE "cause to be not smooth":

Roles:

Arg0:unsmoother


Arg1:unsmooth thing

Examples:

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


arg1 usually feathers (-)
This is a fact -- though, in view of all the feathers that [*T*-9] are ruffled [*-8] by this fact, it is not surprising that one hears so little about it.
REL:	ruffled
Arg1:	[*-8] -> [*T*-9] -> that -> all the feathers
Arg0-by:	this fact

Except for the feathers thing, these two senses are going to be very difficult to disambiguate.