Roleset shred.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "turn wide flat object into small flat objects":

Roles:

Arg0:shredder


Arg1:thing shredded, whole


Arg2:instrument


Arg3:pieces

Examples:

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


simple transitive (-)
They shredded it simply because it contained financial information about their creditors and depositors.''
Arg0:	They
REL:	shredded
Arg1:	it
ArgM-CAU:	simply because it contained financial information about their creditors and depositors

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


all args (-)
Mary shredded John's dissertation into a gazillion pieces with a chainsaw.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	shredded
Arg1:	John's dissertation
Arg3-into:	a gazillion pieces
Arg2-with:	a chainsaw

Reserve instrument for cases only when there is also an agent present in the sentence.