Roleset scare.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "scare":

Roles:

Arg0:intentional agent of scaring


Arg1:scared entity


Arg2:instrument


Arg3:intensifier

Examples:

transitive (-)
Such disclosures of big holdings often are used by raiders *trace* to try *trace* to scare a company's managers.
Arg0:	*trace* -> *trace* -> raiders
REL:	scare
Arg1:	a company 's managers




with instrument (-)
Mary scared John with her blood-red fingernails.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	scared
Arg1:	John
Arg2-with:	her blood-red fingernails




instrumental subject (-)
Mary's blood-red nails scared John.
Arg0:	Mary's blood-red nails
REL:	scared
Arg1:	John




with intensifier (-)
It won't take much more *trace* to ``scare the hell out of retail investors,'' he says.
Arg0:	*trace* -> much more
REL:	scare
Arg3:	the hell
Arg1:	out of retail investors




another intensifier example (-)
``Small investors are absolutely dismayed that Wall Street is stacking the deck against them, and these wide swings are scaring them to death.
Arg0:	these wide swings
REL:	scaring
Arg1:	them
Arg3:	to death

Roleset scare.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "scare and make go away":

Roles:

Arg0:intentional agent of scaring


Arg1:scared entity


Arg2:instrument


Arg3:direction or resulting action

Examples:

scare off (-)
Their opposition helped *trace* scare off some Japanese banks .
Arg0:	*trace* -> Their opposition
REL:	scare
Arg3-DIR:	off
Arg1:	some Japanese banks




scare away (-)
Mr. DaPuzzo also complained that the sharp swings in stock prices lately is scaring away retail and foreign investors.
Arg0:	the sharp swings in stock prices
ArgM-TMP:	lately
REL:	scaring
Arg3-DIR:	away
Arg1:	retail and foreign investors

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


with resulting action (-)
Mr. Brady also agreed with senators' concerns about recent stock-market volatility, and said he realizes that the gyrations are scaring investors from investing in stocks.
Arg0:	the gyrations
REL:	scaring
Arg1:	investors
Arg3-from:	investing in stocks