Roleset scramble.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "try, attempt desperately":

Roles:

Arg0:attempter


Arg1:thing attempted

Examples:

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


most common usage (-)
For the long-term investor who picks stocks carefully, the price volatility can provide welcome buying opportunities as short-term players scramble frantically to sell stocks in a matter of minutes.
Arg0:	short-term players
REL:	scramble
ArgM-MNR:	frantically
Arg1:	to sell stocks in a matter of minutes

Definitely related to the 'run' roleset, but the to-clause is so intimately linked that to call it just a PRP really misses the generalization.

Roleset scramble.02 Verbnet Class: 1 "put into random order":

Roles:

Arg0:scrambler


Arg1:thing being randomized


Arg3:benefactive

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


all args (-)
John scrambled some eggs for Mary--unfortunately, he included the shells.
Arg0:	John
REL:	scrambled
Arg1:	some eggs
Arg3-for:	Mary

Roleset scramble.03 Verbnet Class: 1 "run":

Roles:

Arg0:runner


Argm:path

Examples:

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


not eggs, but frying pans and fires (-)
Eventually we came to rest in a soggy patch of field where we had the exquisite pleasure of *trace* scrambling out of the basket into the mud while the French half of our ballooning tag team scrambled in.
Arg0:	*trace* -> we
REL:	scrambling
ArgM-DIR:	out of the basket
ArgM-DIR:	into the mud
ArgM-TMP:	while the French half of our ballooning tag team scrambled in