Roleset slaughter.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "kill indiscriminately":

Roles:

Arg0:killer


Arg1:corpse(s)

Examples:

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


mmmm, fresh beef (-)
The Agriculture Department also said that the number of fattened cattle slaughtered [*] in the quarter dropped by 5% from the 1988 quarter, which was in line with projections by analysts.
REL:	slaughtered
Arg1:	[*] -> fattened cattle
ArgM-TMP:	in the quarter

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


with agent (-)
Mary slaughtered the entire flock of marshmallow hens.
Arg0:	Mary
REL:	slaughtered
Arg1:	the entire flock of marshmallow hens