Roleset smother.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "make it hard to breathe":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of difficult breathing


Arg1:thing becoming smothered


Arg2:instrument, if agent is also present

Examples:

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


passive (-)
He said Jaguar ``shouldn't be smothered *trace* by anyone else,'' recalled one participant.
ArgM-MOD:	should
ArgM-NEG:	n't
REL:	smothered
Arg1:	*trace* -> Jaguar
Arg0-by:	anyone else

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


odd instrument (-)
Seeing all those millions in action, I was just so relieved that Ms. Gruberova, gawky thing that she is, didn't accidentally smother herself in a drape.
Arg0:	Ms. Gruberova, gawky thing that she is,
ArgM-NEG:	n't
ArgM-MNR:	accidentally
REL:	smother
Arg1-REC:	herself
Arg2-in:	a drape