Roleset shoulder.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "to carry a burden":

Roles:

Arg0:carrier, agent


Arg1:burden

Examples:

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


transitive (-)
In addition , corporations are now shouldering a bigger share of the tax burden , as the authors of the 1986 law hoped .
ArgM-DIS:	In addition
Arg0:	corporations
ArgM-TMP:	now
REL:	shouldering
Arg1:	a bigger share of the tax burden
ArgM-ADV:	as the authors of the 1986 law hoped